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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ I was setting up my [OpenClaw](https://openclaw.com) agent and started a markdow
 - **500+ media pages** (video transcripts, books, articles)
 - Company profiles, food guides, travel logs
 
-This is what I actually use day to day. The agent runs while I sleep... literally. OpenClaw's dream cycle (DREAMS.md) scans every conversation from the day, enriches missing entities, fixes broken citations, and consolidates memory. I wake up and the brain is smarter than when I went to sleep.
+This is what I actually use day to day. The agent runs while I sleep... literally. The dream cycle scans every conversation from the day, enriches missing entities, fixes broken citations, and consolidates memory. I wake up and the brain is smarter than when I went to sleep. OpenClaw ships this as DREAMS.md. Hermes Agent can do the same with a nightly cron job (see the [SKILLPACK](docs/GBRAIN_SKILLPACK.md#the-dream-cycle) for setup).
 
 **You don't need Postgres to start.** The knowledge model is just markdown files in a git repo. The [skills](docs/GBRAIN_SKILLPACK.md) and [schema](docs/GBRAIN_RECOMMENDED_SCHEMA.md) work with any AI agent that can read and write files. Start there.
 
diff --git a/docs/GBRAIN_SKILLPACK.md b/docs/GBRAIN_SKILLPACK.md
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@@ -488,10 +488,10 @@ missed signals, zero 3 AM pings.
 Every cron job includes: quiet hours check, location/timezone awareness, sub-agent
 spawning for heavy work.
 
-### The Dream Cycle (DREAMS.md)
+### The Dream Cycle
 
-The most important cron job runs while you sleep. OpenClaw/Hermes ships with DREAMS.md
-as a default skill. When quiet hours start, the dream cycle kicks off:
+The most important cron job runs while you sleep. When quiet hours start, the dream
+cycle kicks off:
 
 1. **Entity sweep.** Scan today's conversations for every person, company, concept, or
    idea you mentioned. Check each against the brain.
@@ -513,6 +513,35 @@ This is the difference between an agent that forgets and one that remembers. The
 cycle is not optional for a production brain. Without it, signal leaks out of every
 conversation. With it, nothing is lost.
 
+#### OpenClaw
+
+Ships with DREAMS.md as a default skill. Three phases (light, deep, REM) run
+automatically during quiet hours. Entity sweeps, memory promotion, and a narrative
+dream diary are built in.
+
+#### Hermes Agent
+
+Hermes has all the pieces but doesn't bundle a dream cycle by default. Set one up
+with the cron scheduler:
+
+```
+/cron add "0 2 * * *" "Dream cycle: search today's sessions for
+  entities I mentioned. For each person, company, or idea: check
+  if a brain page exists (gbrain search), create or update it if
+  thin. Fix any broken citations. Then consolidate: read MEMORY.md,
+  promote important signals, remove stale entries."
+  --name "nightly-dream-cycle"
+```
+
+The scheduled job spawns an isolated agent session that can call `session_search()`
+to scan recent conversations (FTS5 over SQLite), `gbrain search` / `gbrain get` to
+check the brain, and `memory(action="replace")` to consolidate. Enable Honcho
+(`plugins/memory/honcho`) for automatic dialectic reasoning on top.
+
+Key Hermes files for reference: `tools/memory_tool.py` (MEMORY.md/USER.md ops),
+`tools/session_search_tool.py` (past conversation retrieval),
+`cron/scheduler.py` (gateway tick loop).
+
 ---
 
 ## 10. Content and Media Ingestion