ContextClaw Plugin Usage

When to Use

Use this skill when the user asks about:

• Session management or cleanup
• Context usage or token consumption
• Storage space used by sessions
• Pruning old sessions
• Cleaning up orphaned session files
• Session analysis or statistics
• Which sessions are taking up space
• How many messages/tokens in sessions

Prerequisites

The ContextClaw plugin must be installed:

npm install -g @rmruss2022/contextclaw
openclaw plugins install @rmruss2022/contextclaw

Quick Start

Check if ContextClaw is installed and running:

openclaw contextclaw status

Commands

Analyze Sessions

Get comprehensive analysis of all sessions:

openclaw contextclaw analyze

This shows:

• Total sessions, messages, tokens, storage size
• Largest sessions (top 10)
• Oldest sessions (top 10)
• Orphaned sessions

Prune Old Sessions

Clean up sessions older than N days (default: 30):

# Dry run (preview only, safe)
openclaw contextclaw prune --days 30

# Live run (actually deletes)
openclaw contextclaw prune --days 30 --dryRun false

Safety features:

• Dry run by default (previews before deleting)
• Always keeps main agent sessions
• Always keeps cron sessions
• Shows confirmation before deleting

Clean Orphaned Sessions

Remove session files not referenced in sessions.json:

# Dry run
openclaw contextclaw clean-orphaned

# Live run
openclaw contextclaw clean-orphaned --dryRun false

Dashboard

Open the visual session management dashboard:

openclaw contextclaw dashboard

This opens http://localhost:18797

Quick Stats

Show brief status and statistics:

openclaw contextclaw status

Configuration

Reconfigure port or OpenClaw home:

openclaw contextclaw setup

Dashboard Features

The dashboard at http://localhost:18797 provides:

• Session statistics - Total sessions, messages, tokens, storage
• Multiple views - All, Largest, Oldest, Orphaned, Charts
• Bar charts - Visual size distribution
• Type breakdown - Sessions by agent type (main, cron, sub-agent)
• Quick actions - Prune and clean from UI (preview only)

Example Usage

User asks: "How much storage are my sessions using?"

Response:

openclaw contextclaw analyze

Look at the "Total Size" metric in the summary table.

User asks: "Clean up old sessions"

Response:

# First preview what would be deleted
openclaw contextclaw prune --days 30

# If approved, run live:
openclaw contextclaw prune --days 30 --dryRun false

User asks: "Which sessions are taking up the most space?"

Response:

openclaw contextclaw analyze

Check the "Largest Sessions" table, or open the dashboard:

openclaw contextclaw dashboard

User asks: "Remove orphaned session files"

Response:

# Preview first
openclaw contextclaw clean-orphaned