openclaw-config/workspace-resume/skills/self-improving-agent/references/uninstall.md

Uninstall Guide

How to disable or fully remove the self-improvement skill. Disabling turns off automatic behavior but keeps your data; removing deletes the skill's files. They are different operations — do the one you mean.

Your learnings are data, not skill machinery. .learnings/ contains the errors, corrections, and insights the skill captured for you. Review or archive it before deleting anything. Content the skill promoted into SOUL.md, TOOLS.md, or AGENTS.md is part of those files now — removing the skill does not (and should not) automatically remove it.

Disable only

# Stop the hook (reminder injection + session-end error sweep)
openclaw hooks disable self-improvement

To keep the bootstrap reminder but disable only the error sweep, remove the learnings directory instead (archive it first if it has entries):

rm -r ~/.openclaw/workspace/.learnings

Restart the gateway after hook changes.

Remove completely

# 1. Disable and remove the hook
openclaw hooks disable self-improvement
rm -r ~/.openclaw/hooks/self-improvement

# 2. Remove the skill
rm -r ~/.openclaw/skills/self-improving-agent

# 3. Optional — remove captured learnings (REVIEW FIRST, this is your data)
rm -r ~/.openclaw/workspace/.learnings

Then restart the gateway and verify with openclaw hooks list and openclaw status.

Manually review SOUL.md, TOOLS.md, and AGENTS.md in ~/.openclaw/workspace/ for sections promoted by this skill and delete the ones you no longer want. If the skill logged .learnings/ directories into project repos you worked in, review and remove those separately.

Verification

• openclaw hooks list no longer shows self-improvement
• New sessions no longer contain SELF_IMPROVEMENT_REMINDER.md
• No stray .learnings/ directories remain that you didn't choose to keep