session-dream

A manual trigger for the memory distillation that Claude Code's autoDream service does automatically in the background. Where autoDream fires after 5+ sessions and 24+ hours, this skill fires on demand — letting you capture a session's insights before they're lost in compaction.

How autoDream works (the source pattern)

From services/autoDream/consolidationPrompt.ts, the autoDream process has 4 phases:

1. Orient — scan what memory already exists, avoid creating duplicates
2. Gather signal — identify new information worth persisting (logs, session transcripts, drifted facts)
3. Consolidate — write or update topic files, merge rather than duplicate, fix contradictions
4. Prune and index — keep MEMORY.md under max lines, one pointer per file, remove stale entries

This skill follows the same 4-phase structure but applies it to the current conversation rather than historical transcripts.

Distillation Process

Phase 1 — Orient