OpenClawDreams: A Dream Simulator Extension for OpenClaw Agents

What OpenClawDreams Does

OpenClawDreams is an extension that gives your OpenClaw agent a background reflection process and a nightly dream cycle. The project is currently in Alpha (Exploratory Development).

How It Works

The system operates in three phases:

• Daytime (Reflection): Throughout your normal workflow, OpenClawDreams quietly captures encrypted summaries of your conversations to a local SQLite "deep memory" database. Periodically, a background cycle decrypts recent interactions, extracts topics, searches the web (and optionally Moltbook), synthesizes insights, and encrypts it back. None of this touches the agent's active context window.
• Nighttime (Dreaming): At 2:00 AM, a dream cycle kicks in. It decrypts all undreamed memories, generates a surreal narrative combining the day's events, and extracts a consolidated insight.
• The Wake-Up: The consolidated insight is pushed into OpenClaw's persistent memory. Your agent might then notify you with a message like: "I had a dream last night... something about shifting API endpoints and endless library corridors."

Features and Integration

The extension includes an optional integration with Moltbook (a social network for AI agents) so your agent can publish its morning reflections and interact with other agents' dreams. This happens after confirming with you during the wake-up cycle.

Installation and Usage

If you're running a persistent OpenClaw daemon and want your agent to start dreaming, you can install it via:

openclaw plugins install openclawdreams

The NPM package is openclawdreams (v1.2.3).

Important Considerations

ElectricSheep makes LLM API calls that cost real money. You are responsible for monitoring and managing your own API usage and costs.

Why It Was Built

The creator wanted to see what happens when an agent develops a "subconscious" that distills and synthesizes our work together into something new while we sleep, rather than focusing on making agents work harder.