Knowledge Base
Capture, organize, and retrieve operational knowledge + saved web content in a local `knowledge/` directory indexed by QMD. Use for “save this link”, “add to KB”, “remember this”, or “search KB”.
Apple Notes
Manage Apple Notes via the `memo` CLI on macOS (create, view, edit, delete, search, move, and export notes). Use when a user asks OpenClaw to add a note, list notes, search notes, or manage note folders; Don't use for markdown/linked notes (obsidian), collaborative docs (notion), or tagged research (bear-notes).
Gog
Google Workspace CLI for Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Contacts, Sheets, and Docs; Don't use for non-Gmail email; prefer himalaya for IMAP/SMTP accounts.
Notion
Notion API for creating and managing pages, databases, and blocks; Don't use for local-first notes (obsidian), quick macOS capture (apple-notes), or simple tagged notes (bear-notes).
Bear Notes
Create, search, and manage Bear notes via grizzly CLI; Don't use for quick system capture (apple-notes), plain markdown files (obsidian), or collaborative docs (notion).
Summarize
Summarize or extract text/transcripts from URLs, podcasts, and local files (great fallback for “transcribe this YouTube/video”); Don't use for simple HTML page extraction; use web_fetch tool directly.
Openai Whisper
Local speech-to-text with the Whisper CLI (no API key); Don't use if you need cloud transcription with no local model; prefer openai-whisper-api.
Himalaya
CLI to manage emails via IMAP/SMTP. Use `himalaya` to list, read, write, reply, forward, search, and organize emails from the terminal. Supports multiple accounts and message composition with MML (MIME Meta Language). Don't use for Gmail/Google Workspace; prefer gog
Coding Agent
Run Codex CLI, Claude Code, OpenCode, or Pi Coding Agent via background process for programmatic control; Don't use for simple one-off shell commands; use exec tool directly.
Obsidian
Work with Obsidian vaults (plain Markdown notes) and automate via obsidian-cli; Don't use for quick capture (apple-notes), collaboration (notion), or tag-first organization (bear-notes).
Openai Whisper Api
Transcribe audio via OpenAI Audio Transcriptions API (Whisper); Don't use if you want local/offline transcription; prefer openai-whisper.
Imsg
iMessage/SMS CLI for listing chats, history, watch, and sending; Prefer bluebubbles if available; this is the fallback iMessage CLI.