# Dream Director Opinion Loop

## 2026-05-01 CK-approved Director rule

Decision: approve and apply `semantic-delta-gate-for-aggressive-dreaming` as the first Dream Director judgment rule.

Rule:
- Dreaming output only counts as useful progress when it carries semantic delta.
- Lifecycle churn alone — forced refreshes, rewritten receipts, or card movement without new meaning — must not be treated as Dreaming success.
- Before any wet memory mutation, require evidence that the candidate changes meaning, retrieval utility, or operator decision quality.

Applied handling:
- Risk class: `journal_only`.
- No memory mutation.
- No authority-surface mutation.
- Daily Director artifacts remain staged/checkpointed/rehearsal-only.

## Governed opinion-author contract

Decision: approve the governed Director opinion author lane as the next normal Dream Director behavior.

Contract:
- Human-facing `director-opinion.md` should state suggestions, recommended handling, and choices in executive-summary form.
- It should distinguish semantic progress from lifecycle churn.
- It must remain render-only and non-authoritative unless a separate checkpointed packet explicitly grants write authority.
- Applied/rejected/retired proposal records should not keep resurfacing as pending daily candidates.

Receipt refs:
- Proposal candidate: `semantic-delta-gate-for-aggressive-dreaming`.
- Source proposal config: `/root/.openclaw/workspace/tools/cron-runner/config/dream-director-proposals/semantic-delta-gate-for-aggressive-dreaming.json`.
- Prior staged receipt example: `/root/.openclaw/workspace/.state/openclaw-mem/dream-lite-daily/20260501T123930Z/director-opinion.md`.
