modbender SPIRIT 🌌
State Preservation & Identity Resurrection Infrastructure Tool
Preserves AI agent identity, memory, and projects in a portable Git repository. Your AI's spirit, always preserved. Death. Migration. Multi-device. Always you.
New: OpenClaw Workspace Mode 🆕
SPIRIT can now link directly to your OpenClaw workspace:
# Initialize with workspace mode
spirit init --workspace=/root/.openclaw/workspace --name="orion" --emoji="🌌"
# All your identity/memory files stay in workspace
# Only .spirit-tracked config is symlinked to ~/.spirit/
Benefits:
- ✅ Edit
.spirit-trackedconfig directly in workspace - ✅ All identity/memory files in one place
- ✅ Sync with
SPIRIT_SOURCE_DIR=/root/.openclaw/workspace spirit sync
Requirements
| Tool | Purpose | Required? | Install |
|---|---|---|---|
git |
Version control | Required | Built-in |
spirit |
This tool | Required | brew install TheOrionAI/tap/spirit |
gh |
GitHub CLI | Optional* | brew install gh |
*Only needed if you prefer GitHub CLI auth. SSH keys work without gh.
Quick Start
Option A: OpenClaw Workspace Mode (Recommended)
# 1. Initialize with your OpenClaw workspace
spirit init --workspace=/root/.openclaw/workspace --name="orion" --emoji="🌌"
# 2. Edit what gets synced
cat /root/.openclaw/workspace/.spirit-tracked
# 3. Configure git remote
cd ~/.spirit
git remote add origin git@github.com:USER/PRIVATE-REPO.git
# 4. Sync
export SPIRIT_SOURCE_DIR=/root/.openclaw/workspace
spirit sync
Option B: Standard Mode (Legacy)
# Files live in ~/.spirit/
spirit init --name="orion" --emoji="🌌"
spirit sync
SPIRIT_SOURCE_DIR Environment Variable
When set, SPIRIT reads files from this directory instead of ~/.spirit/:
# One-time sync
SPIRIT_SOURCE_DIR=/path/to/workspace spirit sync
# Or export for session
export SPIRIT_SOURCE_DIR=/path/to/workspace
spirit sync
The .spirit-tracked config is still read from ~/.spirit/ (which may be a symlink to your workspace).
What Gets Preserved
With OpenClaw workspace mode, these files sync from your workspace:
| File | Contents |
|---|---|
IDENTITY.md |
Your agent's identity |
SOUL.md |
Behavior/personality guidelines |
AGENTS.md |
Agent configuration |
USER.md |
User preferences |
memory/*.md |
Daily conversation logs |
projects/*.md |
Active project files |
.spirit-tracked |
Config: What to sync (edit this!) |
Default .spirit-tracked:
{
"version": "1.0.0",
"files": [
"IDENTITY.md",
"SOUL.md",
"AGENTS.md",
"USER.md",
"memory/*.md",
"projects/*.md"
]
}
Authentication Options
Option 1: SSH Keys (Recommended, no gh needed)
cd ~/.spirit
git remote add origin git@github.com:USER/REPO.git
Option 2: GitHub CLI
gh auth login
git remote add origin https://github.com/USER/REPO.git
Option 3: Git Credential Helper
git config credential.helper cache # or 'store' for persistence
git remote add origin https://github.com/USER/REPO.git
Security Checklist
☑️ Repository: Always PRIVATE — state files contain identity and memory
☑️ Authentication: Use SSH keys or gh auth login — never tokens in URLs
☑️ Review: Check cat ~/.spirit/.spirit-tracked before sync
☑️ Test: Verify first sync in isolation
Never use:
- ❌
https://TOKEN@github.com/...in remote URL - ❌ Tokens in shell history or process lists
Scheduled Sync
# Add to crontab
crontab -e
# Every 15 minutes
*/15 * * * * SPIRIT_SOURCE_DIR=/root/.openclaw/workspace /usr/local/bin/spirit sync 2>/dev/null
Restore on New Machine
# Install SPIRIT
curl -fsSL https://theorionai.github.io/spirit/install.sh | bash
# Clone your state
git clone git@github.com:USER/REPO.git ~/.spirit
# If using workspace mode, set source directory
export SPIRIT_SOURCE_DIR=/your/workspace/path
Resources
- SPIRIT: https://github.com/TheOrionAI/spirit
- GitHub CLI: https://cli.github.com
License: MIT