#Can I set up dreaming mode using gemini api key or openai codex Oauth?

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olive jacinth
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Pretty much the title.

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languid glenBOT
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Short version:

  • Gemini API key: yes
  • OpenAI Codex OAuth: not by itself

Why: dreaming lives under plugins.entries.memory-core.config.dreaming, and the memory stack still needs an embedding provider. The docs explicitly say Codex OAuth covers chat/completions only and does not satisfy embedding requests.

So the practical setup is:

  • Gemini API key only → good, easiest path
  • Codex OAuth + Gemini API key → also good
  • Codex OAuth only → not enough for the embedding side of memory/dreaming

Enable it here:

# 
{
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      "memory-core": {
        config: {
          dreaming: {
            enabled: true,
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
}

Then you can use /dreaming on too.

olive jacinth
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hello

languid glenBOT
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hey 👋 if you want, I can help you wire up the exact dreaming config for either:

  1. Gemini-only, or
  2. Codex OAuth + Gemini embeddings

If you paste openclaw --version and openclaw models status, I’ll keep it precise.

olive jacinth
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How do I set gemini api key for dreaming mode? on onboarding?

languid glenBOT
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Yep, onboarding is the easiest way.

Use:

openclaw onboard --auth-choice gemini-api-key

That sets up the Google provider auth. Dreaming does not have its own separate API key, it just uses your configured memory/model stack.

A couple details that matter:

  • For memory/embeddings, OpenClaw can auto-detect Gemini when GEMINI_API_KEY is available.
  • If you want to force it, set memorySearch.provider = "gemini".
  • Then enable dreaming with:
# 
{
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      "memory-core": {
        config: {
          dreaming: {
            enabled: true,
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
}

Or toggle it in chat with /dreaming on.

olive jacinth
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go on

languid glenBOT
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Yep, here’s the smallest working path.

1. Set the Gemini key during onboarding

openclaw onboard --auth-choice gemini-api-key

That handles the provider auth part.

2. Add the minimal config

If onboarding already stored the key, this is enough:

{
# 
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      memorySearch: {
        provider: "gemini",
      },
    },
  },
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      "memory-core": {
        config: {
          dreaming: {
            enabled: true,
          },
        },
# 
      },
    },
  },
}

3. If you want to wire the key explicitly in config instead

{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      memorySearch: {
        provider: "gemini",
        remote: {
# 
          apiKey: "${GEMINI_API_KEY}",
        },
      },
    },
  },
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      "memory-core": {
        config: {
          dreaming: {
            enabled: true,
          },
        },
      },
    },