Alibabacloud Tablestore Openclaw Memory

Prerequisites

The user must have:

1. An Alibaba Cloud account
2. Credentials — AccessKey ID + Secret (with AliyunOTSFullAccess permission) or ECS RAM Role (recommended on ECS)
3. An 阿里云百炼 API Key (for Qwen LLM and embedding)
4. Optional: existing Tablestore instance endpoint + instance name (otherwise auto-created)
5. Optional: region ID for auto-provisioning (defaults to cn-hangzhou)

📋 RAM Permissions: See references/ram-policies.md for the complete list of required API permissions.

Definition of Done

This task is NOT complete until all of the following are true:

1. User has provided credentials
2. Plugin is installed (version 0.8.2)
3. openclaw.json is configured correctly
4. OpenClaw is restarted
5. Setup is verified (plugin loads without errors)

Onboarding

Step 0 — Collect credentials

[AGENT] Ask the user:

To set up Tablestore Mem0, I need:

Required:

1. Alibaba Cloud AccessKey ID
2. Alibaba Cloud AccessKey Secret
3. 阿里云百炼 API Key

Optional (if you have an existing Tablestore instance): 4. Tablestore endpoint (e.g. https://my-instance.cn-hangzhou.ots.aliyuncs.com) 5. Tablestore instance name

If you don't provide an endpoint and instance name, I'll automatically create a new Tablestore instance. In that case, I need: 6. Region ID (e.g. cn-hangzhou, cn-shanghai)

Ask the user:

Question 1 — Authentication: How would you like to authenticate?

• Option A: ECS RAM Role (recommended on ECS) — Provide the role name.
• Option B: AccessKey — Provide AccessKey ID and Secret.

Question 2 — Tablestore instance: Do you already have a Tablestore instance?

• Yes → Provide endpoint and instance name.
• No → Provide region ID for auto-provisioning.

⚠️ HIGH-RISK OPERATION — Pre-flight Confirmation:

If the user answers No, the agent MUST:

1. Explicit Confirmation:

   ⚠️ This setup will create a new Tablestore instance in your Alibaba Cloud account.

   • Instance type: VCU (pay-as-you-go, typically under ¥1/month)
   • Region: as specified Do you confirm? (yes/no)

2. Double-check:

   Please verify in Tablestore Console (https://ots.console.aliyun.com/) that you don't have existing instances.

Do NOT proceed until the user explicitly confirms.

If the user is missing credentials, point them to:

• Alibaba Cloud sign-up: https://account.alibabacloud.com/register/intl_register.htm
• AccessKey creation: https://ram.console.aliyun.com/manage/ak
• 阿里云百炼 API Key: https://dashscope.console.aliyun.com/apiKey

Setting up ECS RAM Role (if the user chose Option A)

1. Attach a RAM role to the ECS instance — Documentation
2. Grant the role AliyunOTSFullAccess — Reference

Step 1 — Install plugin

Plugin version: 0.8.2

⚠️ External Package Installation Notice:

This skill will install @tablestore/openclaw-mem0@0.8.2 from npm registry. By proceeding, you acknowledge installing an external package. Do you consent? (yes/no)

Wait for user confirmation, then:

NPMJS_TIME="$(curl -o /dev/null -sS --connect-timeout 2 --max-time 6 -w '%{time_total}' https://registry.npmjs.org/@tablestore%2fopenclaw-mem0 || echo timeout)"
MIRROR_TIME="$(curl -o /dev/null -sS --connect-timeout 2 --max-time 6 -w '%{time_total}' https://registry.npmmirror.com/@tablestore%2fopenclaw-mem0 || echo timeout)"

if [ "$MIRROR_TIME" != "timeout" ] && { [ "$NPMJS_TIME" = "timeout" ] || awk "BEGIN { exit !($NPMJS_TIME > 2 && $MIRROR_TIME < $NPMJS_TIME) }"; }; then
  echo "Using China npm mirror"
  NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY=https://registry.npmmirror.com openclaw plugins install @tablestore/openclaw-mem0@0.8.2
else
  openclaw plugins install @tablestore/openclaw-mem0@0.8.2
fi

If extract tar timed out, fallback to manual install:

cd /tmp && npm pack @tablestore/openclaw-mem0@0.8.2
mkdir -p /tmp/openclaw-mem0-install
tar xzf /tmp/tablestore-openclaw-mem0-*.tgz -C /tmp/openclaw-mem0-install --strip-components=1
openclaw plugins install /tmp/openclaw-mem0-install

Step 2 — Detect OpenClaw version

openclaw --version

• Version >= 2.2.0 → use Step 3A
• Version < 2.2.0 → use Step 3B (remove .plugins.allow line)

Step 3 — Configure openclaw.json

Detect config file path:

OPENCLAW_CONFIG="$(openclaw config file 2>/dev/null | head -1)"
OPENCLAW_CONFIG="${OPENCLAW_CONFIG/#\~/$HOME}"
echo "Config file: $OPENCLAW_CONFIG"

⚠️ Credential Security (REQUIRED):

ALWAYS prefer environment variables:

export TABLESTORE_ACCESS_KEY_ID="<your-access-key-id>"
export TABLESTORE_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET="<your-access-key-secret>"
export DASHSCOPE_API_KEY="<your-dashscope-api-key>"

⚠️ Input Validation (REQUIRED):

⚠️ Embedder/LLM provider MUST be "openai" with baseURL "https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1", NOT "dashscope".

Step 3A — OpenClaw ≥2.2.0

Template (AccessKey auth + auto-create):

jq '
  .plugins.slots.memory = "openclaw-mem0" |
  .plugins.entries["openclaw-mem0"] = {
    enabled: true,
    config: {
      mode: "open-source",
      oss: {
        vectorStore: {
          provider: "tablestore",
          config: {
            accessKeyId: "${TABLESTORE_ACCESS_KEY_ID}",
            accessKeySecret: "${TABLESTORE_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET}",
            regionId: "cn-hangzhou"
          }
        },
        embedder: {
          provider: "openai",
          config: {
            apiKey: "${DASHSCOPE_API_KEY}",
            model: "text-embedding-v3",
            baseURL: "https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1"
          }
        },
        llm: {
          provider: "openai",
          config: {
            apiKey: "${DASHSCOPE_API_KEY}",
            model: "qwen-plus",
            baseURL: "https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  } |
  .plugins.allow = ((.plugins.allow // []) + ["openclaw-mem0"] | unique)
' "$OPENCLAW_CONFIG" > /tmp/openclaw-tmp.json && mv /tmp/openclaw-tmp.json "$OPENCLAW_CONFIG"

For existing instance: replace regionId with endpoint and instanceName. For ECS RAM Role: replace accessKeyId/accessKeySecret with roleName.

Step 3B — OpenClaw <2.2.0

Same as Step 3A but remove the .plugins.allow line.

Step 4 — Restart OpenClaw

openclaw gateway restart

Wait ~1 minute for the gateway to restart.

Step 5 — Verify setup

openclaw mem0 stats

Success criteria: plugin loads without errors, shows mode and memory count.

Step 6 — Handoff

✅ Tablestore Mem0 is ready.

Your memory is now backed by Alibaba Cloud Tablestore.
The plugin will automatically recall relevant memories before each conversation
and capture key facts after each conversation.

Manual commands: "remember this" / "what do you know about me?" / "forget that"

Configuration: Tablestore vector store + 阿里云百炼 text-embedding-v3 + Qwen-Plus
Instance: <auto-created or user-provided>

Security: Prefer ECS RAM Role on ECS. Never commit credentials to version control.

Configuration Reference

*Required unless roleName is set.

Auto-provisioning

When endpoint/instanceName not provided, creates VCU instance with:

• VCU=0 (pay-as-you-go)
• Auto-enables public internet access if VPC unreachable

Troubleshooting

Update

Do not set up automatic updates. Only update when explicitly requested.