Autodream — Memory Consolidation for Claude Code

AI-powered nightly consolidation of your Claude Code memory files via n8n + Google Drive + Claude API

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What it does

Every night at 3am, Autodream:

1. Lists all .md memory files in your Google Drive "Claude Memory" folder
2. Sends each file to Claude Sonnet for consolidation (removes redundancy, fixes contradictions, improves clarity)
3. Rewrites the file on Drive only if changes were made
4. Sends you an email summary (modified / unchanged files)

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Architecture

[Schedule 3am] → [List Drive files] → [Process One File x N]
  → [Read file from Drive]
  → [Claude Sonnet consolidation]
  → [Write back to Drive if changed]
→ [Email summary]
[Error Trigger] → [Error email]

Two workflows:

• autodream-memory-consolidation.json — Main orchestrator
• autodream-process-one-file.json — Sub-workflow (called once per file)

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Requirements

• n8n instance (self-hosted or cloud)
• Google Drive OAuth2 credential
• Anthropic API credential
• Gmail OAuth2 credential
• A Google Drive folder containing your Claude Code memory .md files

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Setup

1. Import the workflows

Import both JSON files into your n8n instance in this order:

1. autodream-process-one-file.json (sub-workflow — import first to get its ID)
2. autodream-memory-consolidation.json (main workflow)

2. Configure the main workflow

In autodream-memory-consolidation.json, update:

Node	Field	Value
List Memory Files	URL	Replace YOUR_GOOGLE_DRIVE_FOLDER_ID with your Drive folder ID
Process One File	Workflow ID	Replace YOUR_SUBWORKFLOW_ID with the ID of the imported sub-workflow
Send Summary Email	Send To	Replace YOUR_EMAIL@gmail.com with your email
Send Error Email	Send To	Replace YOUR_EMAIL@gmail.com with your email

3. Set credentials

On every HTTP Request node that calls Google Drive or Gmail, select your OAuth2 credentials. On the Call Claude node, select your Anthropic API credential.

4. Activate

Activate the sub-workflow first, then the main workflow.

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Bug fix — v1.1 (2026-04-26)

Critical fix: The Write File node in the sub-workflow had specifyBody: raw configured but no body field set. This caused Drive to receive an empty body, silently overwriting consolidated files with blank content.

Fixed: body is now correctly set to ={{ $json.newContent }} (the consolidated content returned by Claude).

If you imported a previous version, open the sub-workflow, find the Write File node, and set the body field to ={{ $json.newContent }}.

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Sync back to local (recommended)

Autodream writes consolidated files to Drive, but Claude Code reads from your local ~/.claude/projects/.../memory/ directory. To close the loop, sync Drive back to local at each session start.

Create a PowerShell script and a SessionStart hook in ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "hooks": {
    "SessionStart": [{
      "hooks": [{
        "type": "command",
        "command": "pwsh -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File \"path/to/sync-memory-from-drive.ps1\"",
        "timeout": 30,
        "statusMessage": "Syncing memory from Drive..."
      }]
    }]
  }
}

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Schedule

Default: 0 0 3 * * * (3am daily). Modify the Schedule Trigger node to change the frequency.

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Error handling

Both workflows have an Error Trigger node that sends an email alert on failure. Configure the errorWorkflow setting in n8n to point to a dedicated error handler if needed.

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License

MIT