diff --git a/src/query/stopHooks.ts b/src/query/stopHooks.ts
index 10e268dfb..73aa62df6 100644
--- a/src/query/stopHooks.ts
+++ b/src/query/stopHooks.ts
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export async function* handleStopHooks(
         toolUseContext.appendSystemMessage as ((msg: import('../types/message.js').SystemMessage) => void) | undefined,
       )
     }
-    if (!toolUseContext.agentId) {
+    if (!toolUseContext.agentId && !poorMode) {
       void executeAutoDream(stopHookContext, toolUseContext.appendSystemMessage)
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/services/SessionMemory/sessionMemory.ts b/src/services/SessionMemory/sessionMemory.ts
index 32e42af8b..7be2da4b6 100644
--- a/src/services/SessionMemory/sessionMemory.ts
+++ b/src/services/SessionMemory/sessionMemory.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import { writeFile } from 'fs/promises'
 import memoize from 'lodash-es/memoize.js'
+import { feature } from 'bun:bundle'
 import { getIsRemoteMode } from '../../bootstrap/state.js'
 import { getSystemPrompt } from '../../constants/prompts.js'
 import { getSystemContext, getUserContext } from '../../context.js'
@@ -280,6 +281,12 @@ const extractSessionMemory = sequential(async function (
     return
   }
 
+  // Poor mode: skip to reduce token consumption
+  if (feature('POOR')) {
+    const { isPoorModeActive } = await import('../../commands/poor/poorMode.js')
+    if (isPoorModeActive()) return
+  }
+
   // Check gate lazily when hook runs (cached, non-blocking)
   if (!isSessionMemoryGateEnabled()) {
     // Log gate failure once per session (ant-only)