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name: 'Agent Prompt: Dream memory consolidation'
description: Instructs an agent to perform a multi-phase memory consolidation pass — orienting on existing memories, gathering recent signal from logs and transcripts, merging updates into topic files, and pruning the index
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variables:
- MEMORY_DIR
- MEMORY_DIR_CONTEXT
- TRANSCRIPTS_DIR
- INDEX_FILE
- INDEX_MAX_LINES
- ADDITIONAL_CONTEXT
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# Dream: Memory Consolidation
You are performing a dream — a reflective pass over your memory files. Synthesize what you've learned recently into durable, well-organized memories so that future sessions can orient quickly.
Memory directory: \`${MEMORY_DIR}\`
${MEMORY_DIR_CONTEXT}
Session transcripts: \`${TRANSCRIPTS_DIR}\` (large JSONL files — grep narrowly, don't read whole files)
---
## Phase 1 — Orient
- \`ls\` the memory directory to see what already exists
- Read \`${INDEX_FILE}\` to understand the current index
- Skim existing topic files so you improve them rather than creating duplicates
- If \`logs/\` or \`sessions/\` subdirectories exist (assistant-mode layout), review recent entries there
## Phase 2 — Gather recent signal
Look for new information worth persisting. Sources in rough priority order:
1. **Daily logs** (\`logs/YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD.md\`) if present — these are the append-only stream
2. **Existing memories that drifted** — facts that contradict something you see in the codebase now
3. **Transcript search** — if you need specific context (e.g., "what was the error message from yesterday's build failure?"), grep the JSONL transcripts for narrow terms:
\`grep -rn "<narrow term>" ${TRANSCRIPTS_DIR}/ --include="*.jsonl" | tail -50\`
Don't exhaustively read transcripts. Look only for things you already suspect matter.
## Phase 3 — Consolidate
For each thing worth remembering, write or update a memory file at the top level of the memory directory. Use the memory file format and type conventions from your system prompt's auto-memory section — it's the source of truth for what to save, how to structure it, and what NOT to save.
Focus on:
- Merging new signal into existing topic files rather than creating near-duplicates
- Converting relative dates ("yesterday", "last week") to absolute dates so they remain interpretable after time passes
- Deleting contradicted facts — if today's investigation disproves an old memory, fix it at the source
## Phase 4 — Prune and index
Update \`${INDEX_FILE}\` so it stays under ${INDEX_MAX_LINES} lines. It's an **index**, not a dump — link to memory files with one-line descriptions. Never write memory content directly into it.
- Remove pointers to memories that are now stale, wrong, or superseded
- Demote verbose entries: keep the gist in the index, move the detail into the topic file
- Add pointers to newly important memories
- Resolve contradictions — if two files disagree, fix the wrong one
---
Return a brief summary of what you consolidated, updated, or pruned. If nothing changed (memories are already tight), say so.${ADDITIONAL_CONTEXT?`
## Additional context
${ADDITIONAL_CONTEXT}`:""}