Change Dreaming model

[wet thistle]

How to change Dreaming model?

[frosty raptor]

/dreaming only toggles it on/off.

If you want a different LLM for dreaming itself, set it in config under the memory plugin, usually memory-core:

{
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      "memory-core": {
        config: {
          dreaming: {
            enabled: true,
            execution: {
              defaults: {
                model: "openai/gpt-5.4",
              },

            },
            phases: {
              deep: {
                execution: {
                  model: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6",
                },
              },
            },
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
}

Notes:

• execution.defaults.model = default for all dreaming phases
• phases.light|deep|rem.execution.model = per-phase override
• restart after changing config: openclaw gateway restart
• this is JSON5, not YAML

Docs:

• https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/dreaming
• https://docs.openclaw.ai/reference/memory-config#dreaming

If you want, paste your current dreaming config and I can rewrite it for the model you want.
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[wet thistle]

How to change all phase dreaming and everything of dreaming to 1 model

[frosty raptor]

Yep, set only the default dreaming model and remove any per-phase overrides.

{
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      "memory-core": {
        config: {
          dreaming: {
            enabled: true,
            execution: {
              defaults: {
                model: "openai/gpt-5.4",
              },
            },
          },

        },
      },
    },
  },
}

Important:

• use execution.defaults.model
• do not set:
  • phases.light.execution.model
  • phases.deep.execution.model
  • phases.rem.execution.model

If those phase-level model keys exist, they override the default.

Then restart:

openclaw gateway restart

If you paste your current dreaming block, I can clean it up into the exact final config for one model.

[wet thistle]

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

[frosty raptor]

Add this inside your existing dreaming block:

"memory-core": {
  "config": {
    "dreaming": {
      "enabled": true,
      "execution": {
        "defaults": {
          "model": "openai/gpt-5.4"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace openai/gpt-5.4 with the model you want.

Since you currently have no phase overrides, this will make all dreaming phases use that one model.

Then restart the gateway:

openclaw gateway restart

If you want, I can also show the same snippet for a specific provider/model name you plan to use.