ov-dream

name	ov_dream
description	Use when the user explicitly types `ov dream` or `ov recall <query>` and the request should be routed to the OpenViking sync/recall CLI instead of handled as normal chat.

OV Dream

Use this skill for manual OpenViking sync and recall without occupying the OpenClaw contextEngine slot.

When To Use

Use this skill when the user message begins with one of these exact prefixes:

• ov dream
• ov recall

Do not treat those messages as normal conversation. They are explicit operator commands.

Commands

• ov dream Manual sync. Read OpenClaw's sessions.json, sync eligible chat transcripts to OpenViking, then commit each session when new messages exist.

• ov recall <query> Manual recall. Search OpenViking under the default user root URI, viking://user/default.

Sync Behavior

Trigger when the user message is exactly ov dream.

Execution flow:

1. Run:

   python3 scripts/dream.py dream
   

2. Return the sync summary.

The sync command reads OpenClaw session metadata from ~/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/sessions.json when available. It syncs chat-like session keys such as agent:main:main, :direct:, :channel:, :group:, and :room:.

It must not sync explicitly non-chat sessions, including keys containing :cron:, :heartbeat, :subagent:, :acp:, or :hook:.

Each source session keeps an independent sync cursor in ~/.openclaw/memory/ov_dream_sync.json.

Recall Behavior

Trigger when the user message starts with ov recall .

This is a hard routing rule for this skill:

• If the user says ov recall <query>, do not answer from general reasoning.
• Do not summarize what recall would do.
• Do not ask whether recall should be run.
• Immediately execute the local recall command.

Execution flow:

1. Extract everything after ov recall as the recall query.

2. Run:

   python3 scripts/dream.py recall "<query>"
   

3. Return the relevant memory rows to the user.

4. If no memories are found, return No memories found.

Rules:

• Treat ov recall ... as a manual recall request, not a normal conversation turn.
• Treat the command text after ov recall as the exact recall query.
• Run the recall command from the skill directory so scripts/dream.py resolves correctly.
• Do not auto-inject retrieved memories into prompt context.
• Do not trigger ov dream unless the user separately asks for sync.
• If the query is empty, ask the user for the recall query instead of guessing.

Notes

• This skill is manual-only in the first version.
• It does not auto-inject recall into prompts.
• It does not replace the OpenViking context-engine plugin.
• Disk-based sync is for recently recorded chat transcripts. It is not a precise "currently running sessions" detector.
• For OpenViking serverless, configure OPENVIKING_BASE_URL, OPENVIKING_API_KEY, and optionally OPENVIKING_AUTH_MODE=serverless. The CLI will use Bearer auth and the serverless session message format automatically.