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# CLI Contract: learn_from_traces.py

**Feature**: 001-openclaw-integration | **Date**: 2026-02-27

## Command

```bash

uv run python examples/openclaw/learn_from_traces.py [OPTIONS]

```

## Arguments

| Flag | Type | Default | Description |
|------|------|---------|-------------|
| `--dry-run` | bool | `false` | Parse sessions and report findings without running the learning pipeline or modifying any files |
| `--reprocess` | bool | `false` | Ignore the processed log and reprocess all sessions from scratch |

## Environment Variables

| Variable | Default | Description |
|----------|---------|-------------|
| `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` | *(required)* | API key for LLM provider |
| `ACE_MODEL` | `"anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-20250514"` | LLM model for reflection and skill extraction |
| `OPENCLAW_AGENT_ID` | `"main"` | OpenClaw agent identifier |
| `OPENCLAW_HOME` | `~/.openclaw` | OpenClaw home directory |
| `OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE` | `~/.openclaw/workspace` | Path to OpenClaw workspace (where AGENTS.md lives) |

## Exit Codes

| Code | Meaning |
|------|---------|
| `0` | Success (including "nothing new to learn") |
| `1` | Error (missing sessions dir, API failure, corrupted skillbook) |

## Output Format

Console output with section headers:

```text

============================================================

  Discovering sessions

============================================================

  Sessions dir:  ~/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions

  Total sessions: 12

  Already processed: 10

  New to process: 2



============================================================

  Parsing sessions

============================================================

  + b3db607f-....jsonl: Hello world

  Parsed: 2, Skipped (empty): 0



============================================================

  Loading skillbook

============================================================

  Loaded 5 existing strategies from ~/.openclaw/ace_skillbook.json



============================================================

  Learning from 2 traces

============================================================

  Processed: 2/2

  New strategies: 1 (total: 6)



  Latest strategies:

    [session_mgmt-00006] Use greeting to establish session context...



============================================================

  Saving

============================================================

  Skillbook: ~/.openclaw/ace_skillbook.json

  Processed log: ~/.openclaw/ace_processed.txt



============================================================

  Syncing to OpenClaw

============================================================

  Synced 6 strategies to ~/.openclaw/workspace/AGENTS.md



============================================================

  Done

============================================================

```

## Files Produced

| File | Format | Description |
|------|--------|-------------|
| `~/.openclaw/ace_skillbook.json` | JSON | Persistent skillbook with all learned strategies |
| `~/.openclaw/ace_processed.txt` | Text | Newline-delimited list of processed session filenames |
| `~/.openclaw/workspace/AGENTS.md` | Markdown | Updated with strategies between `<!-- ACE:SKILLBOOK:START/END -->` markers |

## AGENTS.md Marker Contract

```markdown

<!-- ACE:SKILLBOOK:START -->

## Learned Strategies



These strategies were learned from your past sessions. Use relevant

ones to improve your responses. Cite strategy IDs (e.g.

[web-scraping-00001]) when you apply them.



{wrap_skillbook_context() output}

<!-- ACE:SKILLBOOK:END -->

```

- If markers exist: content between them is replaced
- If markers don't exist: section is appended to end of file
- Content outside markers is never modified