diff --git a/web/src/kernel/scheduled/dreaming/facts.ts b/web/src/kernel/scheduled/dreaming/facts.ts
index b5edcb3..c793260 100644
--- a/web/src/kernel/scheduled/dreaming/facts.ts
+++ b/web/src/kernel/scheduled/dreaming/facts.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // extract durable facts, routing failures, BizOps drift, preferences.
 
 import type { EdgeEnv } from '../../dispatch.js';
-import { recordMemory as recordMemoryAdapter } from '../../memory-adapter.js';
+import { recordMemory as recordMemoryAdapter, recordMemoryWithAutoTopic } from '../../memory-adapter.js';
 import { validateMemoryWrite } from '../../memory-guardrails.js';
 import { McpClient } from '../../../mcp-client.js';
 import { operatorConfig } from '../../../operator/index.js';
@@ -197,8 +197,9 @@ export async function extractFacts(env: EdgeEnv, threadContents: string[]): Prom
 export async function processFacts(env: EdgeEnv, result: DreamingResult): Promise<number> {
   let factsRecorded = 0;
 
+  const useAutoTopic = !!env.tarotscriptFetcher;
   for (const fact of (result.facts ?? []).slice(0, 5)) {
-    const guard = validateMemoryWrite(fact.topic, fact.fact, { enforceAllowlist: true });
+    const guard = validateMemoryWrite(fact.topic, fact.fact, { enforceAllowlist: !useAutoTopic });
     if (!guard.allowed) {
       console.log(`[dreaming] Blocked: ${guard.reason}`);
       continue;
@@ -206,9 +207,15 @@ export async function processFacts(env: EdgeEnv, result: DreamingResult): Promis
 
     try {
       if (!env.memoryBinding) continue;
-      await recordMemoryAdapter(env.memoryBinding, fact.topic, fact.fact, fact.confidence ?? 0.8, 'dreaming_cycle');
-      factsRecorded++;
-      console.log(`[dreaming] Fact: [${fact.topic}] ${fact.fact.slice(0, 80)}`);
+      if (useAutoTopic) {
+        const res = await recordMemoryWithAutoTopic(env.memoryBinding, env.tarotscriptFetcher!, fact.fact, fact.confidence ?? 0.8, 'dreaming_cycle');
+        factsRecorded++;
+        console.log(`[dreaming] Fact: [${res.classification.topic}] (${res.classification.confidence}, ${res.classification.source}) ${fact.fact.slice(0, 80)}`);
+      } else {
+        await recordMemoryAdapter(env.memoryBinding, fact.topic, fact.fact, fact.confidence ?? 0.8, 'dreaming_cycle');
+        factsRecorded++;
+        console.log(`[dreaming] Fact: [${fact.topic}] ${fact.fact.slice(0, 80)}`);
+      }
     } catch (err) {
       console.warn('[dreaming] Failed to record fact:', err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
     }
@@ -229,8 +236,13 @@ export async function processFacts(env: EdgeEnv, result: DreamingResult): Promis
     if (!pref.preference || pref.preference.length < 15) continue;
     try {
       if (!env.memoryBinding) continue;
-      await recordMemoryAdapter(env.memoryBinding, 'operator_preferences', pref.preference, 0.85, 'dreaming_cycle');
-      console.log(`[dreaming] Preference: ${pref.preference.slice(0, 80)}`);
+      if (useAutoTopic) {
+        const res = await recordMemoryWithAutoTopic(env.memoryBinding, env.tarotscriptFetcher!, pref.preference, 0.85, 'dreaming_cycle');
+        console.log(`[dreaming] Preference: [${res.classification.topic}] (${res.classification.confidence}, ${res.classification.source}) ${pref.preference.slice(0, 80)}`);
+      } else {
+        await recordMemoryAdapter(env.memoryBinding, 'operator_preferences', pref.preference, 0.85, 'dreaming_cycle');
+        console.log(`[dreaming] Preference: ${pref.preference.slice(0, 80)}`);
+      }
     } catch { /* non-fatal */ }
   }
 
diff --git a/web/tests/dreaming/facts.test.ts b/web/tests/dreaming/facts.test.ts
index 3b40e90..fac991d 100644
--- a/web/tests/dreaming/facts.test.ts
+++ b/web/tests/dreaming/facts.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
 import { processFacts, type DreamingResult } from '../../src/kernel/scheduled/dreaming/facts.js';
 
+const mockRecordMemory = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ fragment_id: 'f-1' });
+const mockRecordMemoryWithAutoTopic = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+  fragment_id: 'f-1',
+  classification: { topic: 'aegis', confidence: 'high', source: 'classifier' },
+});
+
 // Mock memory adapter
 vi.mock('../../src/kernel/memory-adapter.js', () => ({
-  recordMemory: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+  recordMemory: (...args: unknown[]) => mockRecordMemory(...args),
+  recordMemoryWithAutoTopic: (...args: unknown[]) => mockRecordMemoryWithAutoTopic(...args),
 }));
 
 // Mock memory guardrails — pass through to real implementation
@@ -20,6 +27,13 @@ function makeEnv(overrides?: Record<string, unknown>) {
   } as any;
 }
 
+function makeEnvWithAutoTopic(overrides?: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  return makeEnv({
+    tarotscriptFetcher: { fetch: vi.fn() },
+    ...overrides,
+  });
+}
+
 describe('processFacts', () => {
   it('records valid facts', async () => {
     const env = makeEnv();
@@ -107,3 +121,112 @@ describe('processFacts', () => {
     expect(count).toBe(0); // routing failures are logged, not counted as facts
   });
 });
+
+// ─── Auto-topic classification ──────────────────────────────
+
+describe('processFacts with auto-topic classification', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockRecordMemory.mockClear();
+    mockRecordMemoryWithAutoTopic.mockClear();
+    mockRecordMemoryWithAutoTopic.mockResolvedValue({
+      fragment_id: 'f-auto',
+      classification: { topic: 'infrastructure', confidence: 'high', source: 'classifier' },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('uses recordMemoryWithAutoTopic when tarotscriptFetcher is available', async () => {
+    const env = makeEnvWithAutoTopic();
+    const result: DreamingResult = {
+      facts: [
+        { topic: 'infra_stuff', fact: 'The deploy pipeline now supports canary rollouts via Cloudflare', confidence: 0.9 },
+      ],
+    };
+    const count = await processFacts(env, result);
+    expect(count).toBe(1);
+    expect(mockRecordMemoryWithAutoTopic).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockRecordMemory).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to recordMemory when tarotscriptFetcher is absent', async () => {
+    const env = makeEnv();
+    const result: DreamingResult = {
+      facts: [
+        { topic: 'aegis', fact: 'The dispatch loop now handles 8 executor types including composite', confidence: 0.9 },
+      ],
+    };
+    const count = await processFacts(env, result);
+    expect(count).toBe(1);
+    expect(mockRecordMemory).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockRecordMemoryWithAutoTopic).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('skips topic allowlist check when auto-topic is active', async () => {
+    const env = makeEnvWithAutoTopic();
+    const result: DreamingResult = {
+      facts: [
+        { topic: 'random_new_topic', fact: 'A fact with an unknown LLM topic that the classifier will reclassify properly', confidence: 0.8 },
+      ],
+    };
+    const count = await processFacts(env, result);
+    expect(count).toBe(1);
+    expect(mockRecordMemoryWithAutoTopic).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('still blocks dangerous topics even with auto-topic active', async () => {
+    const env = makeEnvWithAutoTopic();
+    const result: DreamingResult = {
+      facts: [
+        { topic: 'synthesis_cross_domain', fact: 'Some vague synthesis observation that pollutes memory with noise', confidence: 0.8 },
+      ],
+    };
+    const count = await processFacts(env, result);
+    expect(count).toBe(0);
+    expect(mockRecordMemoryWithAutoTopic).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('classifier fallback to general does not break the cycle', async () => {
+    mockRecordMemoryWithAutoTopic.mockResolvedValue({
+      fragment_id: 'f-fallback',
+      classification: { topic: 'general', confidence: 'low', source: 'fallback' },
+    });
+    const env = makeEnvWithAutoTopic();
+    const result: DreamingResult = {
+      facts: [
+        { topic: 'aegis', fact: 'Some fact that the classifier cannot confidently classify into a topic', confidence: 0.8 },
+      ],
+    };
+    const count = await processFacts(env, result);
+    expect(count).toBe(1);
+    expect(mockRecordMemoryWithAutoTopic).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('auto-classifies preferences when tarotscriptFetcher available', async () => {
+    mockRecordMemoryWithAutoTopic.mockResolvedValue({
+      fragment_id: 'f-pref',
+      classification: { topic: 'operator', confidence: 'moderate', source: 'classifier' },
+    });
+    const env = makeEnvWithAutoTopic();
+    const result: DreamingResult = {
+      preferences: [
+        { preference: 'Prefers direct communication with minimal ceremony', evidence: 'conversation thread' },
+      ],
+    };
+    await processFacts(env, result);
+    expect(mockRecordMemoryWithAutoTopic).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockRecordMemory).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('uses hardcoded operator_preferences topic when no fetcher', async () => {
+    const env = makeEnv();
+    const result: DreamingResult = {
+      preferences: [
+        { preference: 'Prefers direct communication with minimal ceremony', evidence: 'conversation thread' },
+      ],
+    };
+    await processFacts(env, result);
+    expect(mockRecordMemory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.anything(), 'operator_preferences', expect.any(String), 0.85, 'dreaming_cycle',
+    );
+    expect(mockRecordMemoryWithAutoTopic).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});