Amygdala Memory ??

Emotional processing for AI agents. Part of the AI Brain series.

Give your AI agent persistent emotional states that carry across sessions. Not just performing emotions í¬ having them.

The Problem

Current AI agents:

• ? Remember facts (with hippocampus)
• ? Don't have persistent emotional states
• ? Start each session emotionally "blank"
• ? Can describe emotions but don't feel differently

Memory without emotion is just a database. The amygdala adds weight í¬ this made me happy, that frustrated me, this person brings warmth.

The Solution

Track five emotional dimensions that persist and decay over time:

Quick Start

1. Install

cd ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/amygdala-memory
./install.sh --with-cron

This will:

• Create memory/emotional-state.json with baseline values
• Generate AMYGDALA_STATE.md (auto-injected into sessions!)
• Set up cron for automatic decay every 6 hours

2. Check current state

./scripts/get-state.sh
# ?? Emotional State
# Valence:    0.20
# Arousal:    0.30
# Connection: 0.50
# ...

./scripts/load-emotion.sh
# ?? Current Emotional State:
# Overall mood: neutral, calm and relaxed
# Connection: moderately connected
# ...

3. Log emotions

./scripts/update-state.sh --emotion joy --intensity 0.8 --trigger "completed a project"
# ? valence: 0.20 í· 0.35 (delta: +0.15)
# ? arousal: 0.30 í· 0.40 (delta: +0.1)
# ?? Logged emotion: joy (intensity: 0.8)

4. Set up decay (optional cron)

# Every 6 hours, emotions drift toward baseline
0 */6 * * * ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/amygdala-memory/scripts/decay-emotion.sh

Scripts

Automatic Emotional Encoding (v1.5.0+)

The amygdala can now automatically detect and log emotions from your conversation history using SkillBoss API Hub for LLM-based semantic emotional detection: