Own your data. Your character's memories are yours to keep, back up, edit, and share.
OKF stands for Open Knowledge Format — an open, vendor-neutral standard introduced by Google Cloud for representing structured knowledge as portable, human-readable Markdown. It's intentionally simple: Markdown files with YAML frontmatter, readable by both people and AI agents without any proprietary account, SDK, or translation layer. Clanker uses OKF to represent your character's facts, tasks, relationships, and timeline of events.
When you export a character's memory as OKF, you get a ZIP file containing:
Because OKF is just Markdown, you can open, read, and edit your character's memories in any Markdown editor — then import the bundle back into Clanker to apply your changes. Unzip and open the files in:
Fix a fact, rewrite a backstory detail, or prune outdated notes by hand — you have full control over what your character knows.
Store the ZIP in cloud storage, an external drive, or any backup system as a complete knowledge snapshot for that character.
If you use other OKF-compatible tools, import this ZIP into them. The standard format helps your data move freely.
Bring a bundle back into Clanker two ways: restore it into the same character (merge new facts in, or replace existing facts/tasks entirely), or clone it into a brand-new character seeded with everything from the bundle. Look for Import OKF Backup in a character's settings, or From Bundle on the characters list.
Your export is generated entirely on your device. It is never uploaded unless you explicitly choose to share or store it somewhere.
See our FAQ for more details on data export and privacy.