Export a conversation

Wayland lets you export any conversation from inside the conversation view using the /export slash command, or in bulk from the conversation history panel. This guide covers both paths.

What is included in an export

The per-conversation export captures messages where the content is text or tips. It includes user turns (position: right), assistant turns (position: left), and system messages. Tool call details, inline reasoning blocks, and attachment binary data are not included in a plain-text export.

The header of each exported file includes: the conversation name, the conversation ID, the timestamp of the export, and the conversation type (for example, acp, openclaw-gateway).

Export a single conversation with /export

Trigger the export flow

Inside a conversation, type /export in the composer. The slash command appears in the autocomplete menu as you type. Select it or press Enter to open the export menu.

The export menu presents two options:

• Copy to clipboard: builds the transcript and copies it immediately. No file is saved.
• Save to file: advances to a filename step where you can name the file before writing it to disk.

Use arrow keys to move between options, then Enter to select. Press Escape to close the menu at any step.

Copy to clipboard

Select Copy from the menu. Wayland builds the transcript and copies it to your system clipboard. A success toast confirms the copy. Nothing is written to disk.

Save to file

Select Save from the menu. Wayland shows a filename field pre-filled with a default name derived from your first message in the conversation and the current date (format: YYYY-MM-DD-<conversation-id>-<conversation-name>.txt). You can edit the name before saving.

The save destination defaults to your project workspace directory if one is set, or to your Desktop otherwise. The full destination path is shown below the filename field. Press Enter or click Save to write the file.

Format is plain text only

The /export slash command saves a .txt file. There is no option for JSON or Markdown in this flow. If you need structured formats (JSON and Markdown together in a zip), use the batch export from the conversation history panel (see below).

Batch export from the history panel

The conversation history panel supports selecting and exporting multiple conversations at once. Each exported conversation produces a folder inside a zip archive containing:

• conversation.json: a JSON representation of the conversation and its messages.
• conversation.md: a Markdown transcript of the conversation.
• A workspace/ subdirectory with any workspace files attached to the conversation, if applicable.

Steps

1. Open the history panel (the sidebar showing your past conversations).
2. Enter batch mode. A checkbox appears on each conversation card.
3. Select the conversations you want to export.
4. Click Export. A dialog asks where to save the zip archive.
5. Choose a destination folder and confirm.

Wayland creates the zip asynchronously. A success toast appears when the file is written. You can cancel in-progress exports by closing the dialog.

Single-conversation zip

You can also trigger a single-conversation zip export from the history panel by right-clicking (or using the card menu) and choosing Export. This produces the same folder structure inside a zip as the batch path, giving you JSON, Markdown, and workspace files for that one conversation.

Filename format

The default filename for the /export save flow is:

YYYY-MM-DD-<first 8 chars of conversation ID>-<first 48 chars of conversation name>.txt

Special characters in the conversation name are replaced with hyphens. If the conversation has no name, “conversation” is used. You can change the filename at the save step; Wayland appends .txt automatically if you omit the extension.

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