docs: withdraw the OpenClaw integration claims
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The docs described a "drop-in" OpenClaw memory backend enabled with
`memory.backend = "clawhdf5"`. Checked against OpenClaw's source and
docs (v2026.2.26 through v2026.9.6): that config was never valid —
v2026.2-v2026.7 accepted only "builtin"/"qmd" and rejected unknown
keys, so a Gateway given it refuses to start, and v2026.8.1 (OpenClaw
2.0) removed the key. No plugin was ever built (no manifest, no
registration, no tools), nothing was tested against OpenClaw, the
linked github.com/redclawsystems/openclaw is a 404, and
@redclaw/clawhdf5 was never published.

Decision (2026-09-25): not pursuing an OpenClaw plugin for now; ZeroClaw
is the integration target.

- Remove openclaw-integration.md, openclaw-config.md and
  migration-guide.md; add docs/openclaw.md: the status, what a memory
  plugin needs against v2026.9.6 (plugins.slots.memory, manifest with
  kind "memory", registerMemoryCapability / MemorySearchManager,
  prebuilt native packages), and what this repo has as building blocks.
- README, QUICKSTART, USE_CASES, ROADMAP (Track 7 withdrawn), CLAUDE.md
  and the `openclaw` module docs describe ClawhdfBackend as what it is:
  a Markdown-oriented library backend, not an OpenClaw plugin. The
  QUICKSTART example is corrected (the old one called a three-argument
  create that does not exist) and states its limits.
- packages/clawhdf5-node: marked unpublished and broken, "private": true
  so it cannot be published by accident; its bugs (snake_case vs
  camelCase fields, wrong addon path, no way to store an embedding,
  wrong WAL name) are recorded in docs/known-issues.md.
- Two broken rustdoc links fixed along the way.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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## Unreleased
### Upgrade Notes
- **OpenClaw is not supported, and never was.** The docs described a
"drop-in" OpenClaw memory backend enabled with `memory.backend = "clawhdf5"`.
That config was never valid in any OpenClaw release (v2026.2–v2026.7
accepted only `builtin`/`qmd` and rejected unknown keys, so a Gateway given
it refuses to start; OpenClaw 2.0 removed the key), no plugin was ever built,
and `@redclaw/clawhdf5` was never published. The integration docs
(`openclaw-integration.md`, `openclaw-config.md`, `migration-guide.md`) are
removed; `docs/openclaw.md` explains the status and what a real plugin would
need against OpenClaw v2026.9.6. `ClawhdfBackend` stays as a library API.
- **Breaking:** `MemoryError` is now `#[non_exhaustive]` and gained
`SigningKeyRequired`; a `match` on it needs a wildcard arm. Future variants
will no longer be breaking.
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activation of the `k` results it returns, not of the whole `3k` candidate
pool it re-ranks.
### Documentation
- OpenClaw claims withdrawn across the README, QUICKSTART, USE_CASES, ROADMAP
(Track 7 marked withdrawn) and the `openclaw` module docs; the dead
`github.com/redclawsystems/openclaw` link is gone. The Node package is
marked unpublished and broken (now `"private": true` so it cannot be
published by accident), with its bugs recorded in `docs/known-issues.md`.
### Benchmarks
- Every undated or pre-September section of `BENCHMARKS.md` re-run on one
machine on one day (tank, 2026-09-24, commit 5c8323c), with the command for