Dream Cycle

Implement a nightly "dream cycle" for OpenClaw agents that: Reviews and consolidates memory at night Cleans up bloated workspace files Prepares a morning brief for the user Use when: User wants to implement Ray Fernando's dream cycle concept, reduce memory bloat, or set up automated memory maintenance.

imjohnathan@imjohnathanblog-spec

Install

openclaw skills install @imjohnathanblog-spec/dream-cycle

Dream Cycle Skill

Based on Ray Fernando's dream cycle concept for OpenClaw memory management.

Overview

The dream cycle is a nightly process where the agent:

Dreams (2-4 AM): Reviews memories, connects dots, prunes bloat
Briefs (7-8 AM): Delivers a morning summary to the user

This keeps Tier 1 memory lightweight while maintaining searchability via QMD.

Three-Tier Memory System

Tier	Cost	What's Here
Tier 1	~600 tokens/turn	`AGENTS.md`, `SOUL.md`, `USER.md` — core identity
Tier 2	0 tokens	Memory files indexed via QMD — search on demand
Tier 3	Tool tokens only	Full disk reads — rarely needed

Goal: Keep AGENTS.md under 2,000 bytes, MEMORY.md under 1,500 bytes.

Templates

Morning Brief Template

text

🌅 **Morning Brief** - {date}

**Today:** {current tasks/goals}

**Recent Activityy:**
- {esterday's summary from memory}

**Patterns Noticed:**
- {any}

**Suggested recurring themes Focus:**
- {recommendations for the day}

**Memory Stats:**
- AGENTS.md: {size} bytes
- MEMORY.md: {size} bytes
- Indexed chunks: {count}

Dream Audit Report Template

text

🌙 **Dream Cycle Audit** - {date}

**Files Analyzed:**
- AGENTS.md: {size} bytes → {recommendation}
- MEMORY.md: {size} bytes → {recommendation}
- USER.md: {size} bytes → {recommendation}

**Bloat Detected:**
- {list of bloated sections}

**Actions Taken:**
- {list of optimizations applied}

**QMD Index Status:**
- {indexed files count} files indexed
- {total chunks} chunks

Cron Setup

Dream Job (Nightly)

yaml

cron: "0 3 * * *"
mode: run
delivery: none
model: {default or lightweight}

Morning Brief Job