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Sleep — Lightweight Memory Consolidation for OpenClaw\r

\r memory-sleep is a small, conservative skill for agents that keep:\r

• daily notes in memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md\r
• long-term knowledge in MEMORY.md\r \r It does not introduce extra indexes, dashboards, archives, or custom memory schemas.\r Its job is simple: keep MEMORY.md fresh while daily files remain raw journals.\r \r

Use When\r

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• User says dream\r
• User asks to consolidate memory\r
• A nightly cron runs the skill\r
• Daily memory files are piling up and MEMORY.md is getting stale\r \r

Goals\r

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• Keep the existing OpenClaw-style memory structure\r
• Distill durable facts from recent journals\r
• Correct stale information in MEMORY.md\r
• Avoid over-editing or inventing new structure\r \r

Inputs\r

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• MEMORY.md\r
• memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md files\r \r

Outputs\r

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• Updated MEMORY.md\r
• Optional short run note appended to today's daily file\r \r

Consolidation Flow\r

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1. Orient\r

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1. Read MEMORY.md\r
2. List files in memory/\r
3. Focus on recent daily files first\r \r

2. Scan Recent Daily Files\r

\r Default window: last 7 days.\r \r Extract only durable items such as:\r

• preferences\r
• decisions\r
• recurring facts\r
• important project context\r
• corrections to stale memory\r \r Ignore or down-rank:\r
• routine acknowledgements\r
• temporary chatter\r
• one-off noise with no lasting value\r \r

3. Merge Conservatively into MEMORY.md\r

\r Use surgical edits only.\r \r Allowed operations:\r

• Add new durable facts\r
• Correct stale facts with newer confirmed info\r
• Deduplicate overlapping entries\r
• Prune clearly obsolete items when confidence is high\r
• Absolutize relative dates where useful\r \r Do not:\r
• rewrite the whole file unnecessarily\r
• create a new memory system\r
• add bureaucratic structure unless the file already uses it\r \r

4. Optional Journal Marking\r

\r For older files already consolidated, optionally prepend a short HTML comment such as:\r \r

\x3C!-- consolidated to MEMORY.md on YYYY-MM-DD -->\r
```\r
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Never delete journal files.\r
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### 5. Report Briefly\r
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Return a short summary like:\r
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```text\r
🌙 Dream complete\r
- Scanned N daily files\r
- MEMORY.md: +N added / ~N corrected / -N pruned\r
```\r
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## Rules\r
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- Prefer the existing workspace memory architecture\r
- `MEMORY.md` is the primary long-term memory output\r
- Daily files remain journals, not databases\r
- Be conservative when removing information\r
- Avoid leaking secrets into reports or memory summaries\r
- If logging the run, keep it short\r
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## Recommended Cron\r
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Nightly example:\r
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```text\r
0 3 * * *\r
```\r
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Example job message:\r
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```text\r
Execute dream skill: consolidate memory\r
```\r
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## Design Principle\r
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This skill is intentionally minimal.\r
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It is for users who want:\r
- lightweight consolidation\r
- compatibility with default OpenClaw memory habits\r
- no imposed sidecar files unless they choose to add them later\r
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Think of it as a careful editor, not a memory framework.