diff --git a/src/hooks/bundled/session-memory/handler.ts b/src/hooks/bundled/session-memory/handler.ts
index af3b82c77..92f4c1145 100644
--- a/src/hooks/bundled/session-memory/handler.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/bundled/session-memory/handler.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import { resolveAgentWorkspaceDir } from "../../../agents/agent-scope.js";
 import { resolveAgentIdFromSessionKey } from "../../../routing/session-key.js";
 import { resolveHookConfig } from "../../config.js";
 import type { HookHandler } from "../../hooks.js";
+import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../../../logging/subsystem.js";
+
+const log = createSubsystemLogger("hooks:session-memory");
 
 /**
  * Read recent messages from session file for slug generation
@@ -68,8 +71,6 @@ const saveSessionToMemory: HookHandler = async (event) => {
   }
 
   try {
-    console.log("[session-memory] Hook triggered for /new command");
-
     const context = event.context || {};
     const cfg = context.cfg as OpenClawConfig | undefined;
     const agentId = resolveAgentIdFromSessionKey(event.sessionKey);
@@ -88,13 +89,8 @@ const saveSessionToMemory: HookHandler = async (event) => {
       string,
       unknown
     >;
-    const currentSessionId = sessionEntry.sessionId as string;
     const currentSessionFile = sessionEntry.sessionFile as string;
 
-    console.log("[session-memory] Current sessionId:", currentSessionId);
-    console.log("[session-memory] Current sessionFile:", currentSessionFile);
-    console.log("[session-memory] cfg present:", !!cfg);
-
     const sessionFile = currentSessionFile || undefined;
 
     // Read message count from hook config (default: 15)
@@ -110,10 +106,8 @@ const saveSessionToMemory: HookHandler = async (event) => {
     if (sessionFile) {
       // Get recent conversation content
       sessionContent = await getRecentSessionContent(sessionFile, messageCount);
-      console.log("[session-memory] sessionContent length:", sessionContent?.length || 0);
 
       if (sessionContent && cfg) {
-        console.log("[session-memory] Calling generateSlugViaLLM...");
         // Dynamically import the LLM slug generator (avoids module caching issues)
         // When compiled, handler is at dist/hooks/bundled/session-memory/handler.js
         // Going up ../.. puts us at dist/hooks/, so just add llm-slug-generator.js
@@ -123,7 +117,6 @@ const saveSessionToMemory: HookHandler = async (event) => {
 
         // Use LLM to generate a descriptive slug
         slug = await generateSlugViaLLM({ sessionContent, cfg });
-        console.log("[session-memory] Generated slug:", slug);
       }
     }
 
@@ -131,14 +124,11 @@ const saveSessionToMemory: HookHandler = async (event) => {
     if (!slug) {
       const timeSlug = now.toISOString().split("T")[1]!.split(".")[0]!.replace(/:/g, "");
       slug = timeSlug.slice(0, 4); // HHMM
-      console.log("[session-memory] Using fallback timestamp slug:", slug);
     }
 
     // Create filename with date and slug
     const filename = `${dateStr}-${slug}.md`;
     const memoryFilePath = path.join(memoryDir, filename);
-    console.log("[session-memory] Generated filename:", filename);
-    console.log("[session-memory] Full path:", memoryFilePath);
 
     // Format time as HH:MM:SS UTC
     const timeStr = now.toISOString().split("T")[1]!.split(".")[0];
@@ -166,11 +156,10 @@ const saveSessionToMemory: HookHandler = async (event) => {
 
     // Write to new memory file
     await fs.writeFile(memoryFilePath, entry, "utf-8");
-    console.log("[session-memory] Memory file written successfully");
 
-    // Log completion (but don't send user-visible confirmation - it's internal housekeeping)
+    // Log completion using subsystem logger (visible when log level is trace/debug)
     const relPath = memoryFilePath.replace(os.homedir(), "~");
-    console.log(`[session-memory] Session context saved to ${relPath}`);
+    log.trace(`Session context saved to ${relPath}`);
   } catch (err) {
     console.error(
       "[session-memory] Failed to save session memory:",