Claude Code Auto-Dream - Background Memory Consolidation

I was poking around Claude Code’s /memory command and noticed a toggle: “auto-dream: off”. What is that?

What is Auto-Dream?

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It’s a background memory consolidation feature. Between your sessions, Claude Code spawns a “DreamTask” subagent that:

• Reads your recent session transcripts
• Reviews existing memories for staleness
• Merges new signal, prunes contradictions
• Converts relative dates to absolute
• Keeps MEMORY.md index updated

It’s read-only during dreaming — Bash is restricted so it can’t modify your code. Just memory housekeeping.

How to enable

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It’s off by default (gated behind a feature flag). I found the setting in this Reddit screenshot.

Add to ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "autoDreamEnabled": true
}

You can verify it’s on by running /memory — it should show “auto-dream: on”.

Does it work?

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I tried it — within minutes it consolidated my past sessions into organized memory files. User profile, workflow preferences, project status, image handling rules — all auto-magically extracted from past conversations.

A bit like actual dreaming — it processes what happened while you’re not looking, and the memories are just there next time you start a session.