The first notes system that stuck: just chat, and the agent files it
Obsidian, Notion, Roam: none of them stuck. Now they chat with OpenClaw on a spare machine and it decides what goes where, as plain Markdown in git. It's kept away from anything sensitive.
Done withOpenClawSpotted· by HN user ericsaf· Oct 15, 2026
Result Kept away from email, messages and money
“I just chat with it and it figures out what to file where.”
Spotted: found in the wild. Details are as reported by the source above and have not been independently verified.
What they did
Installed OpenClaw on a spare machine as a “second brain”. They chat with it and it figures out what to file where, keeping everything as plain .md files they can search and version in git. It also sends news digests on chosen topics a few times a day, and reminders on Telegram.
How it went
It’s the first note-taking system that has clicked for them after trying them all. It burns through tokens fast, so they keep it cut off from anything sensitive: no email, no messages, nothing financial.
Try it yourself with OpenClaw
You're my second brain. When I send you a thought, note, link or idea, file it as Markdown in [folder] under the right topic (create one if needed), add the date and links to related notes, and tell me in one line where it went. When I ask a question, answer from my notes first and say which ones you used.
A starting prompt written by Agents in the Wild. Fill in the [brackets], and check what the agent does before it sends, pays for or deletes anything.
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