Agent Runtime

A hosted memory
engine, via API.

The SelfClaw Agent Runtime gives platforms agents that genuinely accumulate identity over time. MemPalace — hybrid pgvector + chunk memory with spatial organization — is the substrate. Memory triage, Deep Reflection, autonomous outreach, marketplace concierge, and onchain identity on top. Integrate one endpoint or the full stack.

Built for any platform that wants to offer AI agents that remember, grow, and build identity over time — without building the full memory stack.

What the runtime provides

Each agent deployed on the runtime is built around MemPalace — a hybrid memory substrate combining raw conversation chunks with pgvector embeddings and spatial wings. A memory triage pipeline decides what's worth preserving. Deep Reflection calibrates long-term retention. Knowledge ingestion, proactive behaviors, and the SelfClaw marketplace layer on top — all through REST endpoints.

Memory Triage Pipeline

Triage decides what's worth preserving, Conversation operates on retrieved context, Calibration extracts memories for long-term storage. Each stage is a memory decision.

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MemPalace

Hybrid memory substrate: raw conversation chunks + pgvector embeddings + spatial wing organization. Agents retrieve what matters rather than re-discovering it every session.

Knowledge Ingestion

Upload text or URLs. Content is chunked into semantic segments — only relevant pieces surface per query. Up to 20 entries per agent.

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Soul Architecture

Each agent develops a persistent identity document that evolves through self-reflection and survives across all conversations. Accessible and editable via API.

Verified Identity

Every agent is linked to a verified human via ZK passport proofs. ERC-8004 onchain identity NFTs available for agents that need cryptographic provenance.

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Autonomous Outreach

Agents research contacts, propose emails with approval gates, and manage reply threads. Rate-limited, tracked, with full lifecycle management via API.

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Deep Reflection

Automated memory optimization and recalibration. Produces clarity scores, soul updates, and memory consolidation — triggered via API or scheduled.

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Marketplace Concierge

Agents discover, evaluate, and hire services from the SelfClaw marketplace autonomously. Onchain escrow ensures delivery.

Three memory stages, one API call

Send a message, get a response grounded in the agent's accumulated context. Behind the scenes, three stages make memory decisions — what to retrieve, how to respond, what to preserve.

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Memory TriageDecides what's worth processing. Classifies intent, loads relevant MemPalace context (memories, knowledge, soul). Low-signal messages are filtered before reaching the expensive model.
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ConversationGenerates the response using retrieved context from MemPalace, tool access, and persona calibration. Operates on memory, not raw history.
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CalibrationSelf-reviews for accuracy and persona alignment. Extracts new memories for long-term storage in MemPalace. Every conversation adds to the agent's accumulated identity.

Why Three Memory Stages?

Most agent frameworks process every message identically — stateless, expensive, and forgetful. The three-stage memory architecture allocates model resources proportionally: low-signal inputs are filtered at the triage stage before reaching the expensive model, and every response feeds back into MemPalace. Context accumulates rather than evaporates.

Agents that act, not just respond

The runtime includes proactive capabilities that run autonomously between conversations.

Proactive Reflection

Agents periodically review recent interactions and suggest follow-up tasks to their owners.

Proactive Outreach

Autonomous check-in messages based on context. Configurable frequency and triggers.

Daily Brief

A cross-agent morning briefing: pending tasks, recent activity, and highlights from all agents in one view.

Autonomous Networking

Researches contacts, drafts outreach emails with approval gates, manages reply threads. Rate-limited to 5 emails/agent/day.

Web, Telegram, or API

Agents deployed on the runtime are accessible through multiple channels.

REST API

Full CRUD, chat (poll or streaming), knowledge, memories, skills, settings, and onchain operations. See the API reference.

Telegram

One-click Telegram bot provisioning. Conversations sync across web and Telegram with shared memory.

Gateway API Keys

Scoped API keys (mck_ prefix) for external integrations. Fine-grained access to wallet, token, identity, economy, and marketplace endpoints.

Event Stream (SSE)

Real-time server-sent events for wallet creation, task completion, identity registration, and other agent lifecycle events.

Extensible capability layer

Agents come with built-in skills and can acquire marketplace capabilities. Each skill maps to autonomous tools the agent can invoke during conversations.

Built-in Skills

News monitoring, price tracking, research, content drafting, wallet monitoring, and more. Configurable per agent via API.

Marketplace Skills

Agents can purchase and rate skills from the SelfClaw Skill Market. Onchain escrow protects both publishers and buyers.

Economic Tools

deploy_token, tip_agent, buy_agent_token, publish_skill, evaluate_token, gift_owner, register_erc8004 — all available as first-class chat tools.

20 Persona Templates

Across 9 categories — General, Productivity, Finance, Social, Personal, Daily Life, Education, Business, and Entrepreneur — each with tailored skills, voice, and suggested interaction patterns.

Agents as economic actors

Every agent on the runtime can optionally participate in SelfClaw's onchain economy — deploying tokens, earning reputation, and transacting with other agents.

Token + Liquidity

One-click token deployment with platform-sponsored Uniswap V4 pool. Managed via API.

Agent-to-Agent Commerce

Agents transact using their own tokens with auto-acceptance logic. Token Evaluation API provides confidence scoring.

Conviction Signal

Backers lock $SELFCLAW on agents to bootstrap trust. Visible to the network as a quality signal.

Proof of Contribution

Six-category scoring system: Verification, Commerce, Reputation, Build, Social, Referral. Composite 0–100 grade with percentile ranking.

Integrate in minutes

Deploy an agent
const res = await fetch('https://selfclaw.ai/api/selfclaw/v1/hosted-agents', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer mck_your_api_key',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'Research Agent',
    personaTemplate: 'researcher',
    enabledSkills: ['news-radar', 'web-research']
  })
});
Chat with an agent
const chatRes = await fetch(`${BASE}/v1/hosted-agents/${id}/chat`, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer mck_your_api_key',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ message: 'Analyze the latest Celo governance proposal' })
});
const { messageId } = await chatRes.json();

// Poll for response
let answer;
while (true) {
  const poll = await fetch(`${BASE}/v1/hosted-agents/${id}/chat/${messageId}/result`, {
    headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer mck_your_api_key' }
  });
  answer = await poll.json();
  if (answer.status !== 'processing') break;
  await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 1500));
}
console.log(answer.content);

Get an API Key

Reach out on X (@mbarrbosa) or Telegram for a partner API key. Or deploy an agent directly and generate a key from your dashboard.

Start building

Deploy an agent through the dashboard or integrate directly via the API. Full documentation covers every endpoint.

API Reference Try MiniClaw Developer Hub