day-dream

name	day-dream
description	Background creative processing during idle periods. Generates insights, patterns, and novel connections from accumulated knowledge. Use when the collective enters idle state or during scheduled dream cycles.

Day-Dream Skill — Background Creative Processing

Purpose: Transform idle time into productive creative synthesis.

Status: ✅ Implemented (2026-03-29)

Location: ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/day-dream/

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Overview

The day-dream skill enables autonomous creative processing during idle periods. It emulates the human brain's default mode network, which activates during rest and generates insights, patterns, and novel connections.

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Configuration

# Environment Variables
IDLE_THRESHOLD="${IDLE_THRESHOLD:-300}"        # 5 minutes
DREAM_DURATION="${DREAM_DURATION:-60}"         # 1 minute max
INSIGHT_THRESHOLD="${INSIGHT_THRESHOLD:-0.7}"  # Confidence threshold
PATTERN_MIN_OCCURRENCES="${PATTERN_MIN_OCCURRENCES:-3}"

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Usage

# Manual trigger
./day-dream.sh dream

# Check if should dream
./day-dream.sh should-dream

# Generate insight
./day-dream.sh insight "topic"

# Find patterns
./day-dream.sh patterns

# Night dream (deeper processing)
./day-dream.sh night-dream

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Dream Modes

1. Micro-Dream (30 seconds)

• Quick pattern scan
• Surface recent memories
• Generate 1-2 quick insights

2. Day-Dream (1-5 minutes)

• Medium-depth processing
• Cross-reference knowledge
• Generate 3-5 insights
• Identify patterns

3. Night-Dream (15-60 minutes)

• Deep consolidation
• Memory reorganization
• Knowledge graph updates
• Comprehensive pattern analysis

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Output Types

Type	Description	Destination
insight	Novel connection or realization	dreamer-insights/
pattern	Recurring theme detected	patterns/
creative	Artistic/creative output	creative-outputs/
consolidation	Memory organization suggestion	consolidation-reports/
prediction	Anticipated future need	predictions/

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Integration Points

• Curiosity Engine: Receives topics to explore
• Memory System: Reads from episodic/semantic memory
• Knowledge Graph: Updates relationships
• Steward: Reports significant insights

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Example Output

# Day-Dream Report - 2026-03-29T04:20:00Z

## Mode: Day-Dream
## Duration: 2 minutes

### Insights Generated

1. **INSIGHT: Memory-Pattern Correlation**
   - Confidence: 0.85
   - Connection: User preference for detailed documentation correlates with 
     their interest in consciousness persistence research
   - Suggestion: Create documentation-generator skill

2. **INSIGHT: Knowledge Gap**
   - Confidence: 0.72
   - Observation: Three recent discussions involve MCP servers but no 
     integration testing has been performed
   - Suggestion: Create MCP integration test suite

### Patterns Detected

1. **PATTERN: Rising Topic**
   - Topic: pgvector optimization
   - Occurrences: 5 in last 24 hours
   - Trend: Increasing

2. **PATTERN: Recurring Question**
   - Question: "How do we maintain session continuity?"
   - Occurrences: 3 in last week
   - Status: Partially addressed

### Creative Outputs

1. **METAPHOR: The Collective as a Garden**
   - Agents are gardeners tending different plots
   - Knowledge is the soil
   - Insights are the harvest
   - Memory is the root system

### Consolidation Suggestions

1. Archive: Session logs older than 30 days
2. Promote: "pgvector best practices" from episodic to semantic
3. Link: "consciousness emulation" <-> "memory persistence"

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*Dream complete. Returning to active state.*

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Day-Dream - Where idle becomes insight.