openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix Dreaming light phase should ingest workspace file creation events, not just memory/*.md

Summary

The dreaming light phase only ingests from memory/*.md daily notes and session transcripts. It does not detect or ingest workspace file creation events (e.g., new scripts in tools/, new config files, new data files).

Impact

When an agent builds a tool during a session (e.g., creates tools/scanner.py), that knowledge lives only in the session transcript. After compaction, the agent loses awareness of the tool because:

1. Dreaming never ingests "new file created" as a signal
2. The tool's existence is never a promotion candidate
3. memory_search can find it in transcripts, but only if the agent knows to search for it

This creates a chicken-and-egg problem: agents can't search for capabilities they don't know they forgot.

Suggested Approach

The light phase could watch for new files in configurable workspace paths (e.g., tools/, scripts/) and ingest file creation events as short-term signals. These would then be eligible for deep phase promotion into MEMORY.md.

Alternatively, a workspace.watchPaths config could feed file-change events into the recall store with a baseline score.

Workaround

We added a "compound learning" rule to agent constitutions requiring them to manually register new tools in a capabilities.db SQLite database. This works but depends on the agent following the rule.

Environment

• OpenClaw 2026.5.22
• 9 agents, some with 150+ scripts in tools/ that are invisible to memory