diff --git a/src/routers/workspaces.py b/src/routers/workspaces.py
index 90530e92..df3eecea 100644
--- a/src/routers/workspaces.py
+++ b/src/routers/workspaces.py
@@ -224,11 +224,13 @@ async def schedule_dream(
     observed = request.observed if request.observed is not None else request.observer
     dream_type = request.dream_type
 
-    # Count documents in the collection
+    # Explicit-only count, matching dream_scheduler.check_and_schedule_dream and
+    # execute_dream — document_count becomes last_dream_document_count (the baseline).
     count_stmt = select(func.count(models.Document.id)).where(
         models.Document.workspace_name == workspace_id,
         models.Document.observer == observer,
         models.Document.observed == observed,
+        models.Document.level == "explicit",
     )
     document_count = int(await db.scalar(count_stmt) or 0)
 
diff --git a/tests/routes/test_workspaces.py b/tests/routes/test_workspaces.py
index 36bc8312..f1ce97d6 100644
--- a/tests/routes/test_workspaces.py
+++ b/tests/routes/test_workspaces.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 from typing import Any
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
 
 import pytest
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 from nanoid import generate as generate_nanoid
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
+from src import models
 from src.models import Peer, Workspace
 
 
@@ -569,3 +572,96 @@ def test_delete_workspace_after_session_deletion(client: TestClient):
     # Now workspace deletion should succeed
     response = client.delete(f"/v3/workspaces/{workspace_name}")
     assert response.status_code == 202
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_schedule_dream_passes_explicit_only_document_count(
+    client: TestClient,
+    db_session: AsyncSession,
+    sample_data: tuple[Workspace, Peer],
+):
+    """POST /schedule_dream must count only explicit-level docs.
+
+    Regression test for the third caller of `enqueue_dream`. The manual
+    schedule_dream endpoint computes `document_count` and passes it to
+    `enqueue_dream`, where it becomes `last_dream_document_count` — the
+    baseline that `check_and_schedule_dream` and `execute_dream` subtract
+    against to compute the NEW-doc delta.
+
+    Both of those callers filter to `level == "explicit"` (see Loop 2's
+    fixes). If this route doesn't match, the next auto-scheduled dream
+    sees a negative/suppressed delta because the baseline was inflated by
+    deductive/inductive docs.
+
+    Seeds 5 explicit + 10 deductive (total 15) and asserts the count
+    passed to enqueue_dream is 5, not 15.
+    """
+    workspace, peer = sample_data
+
+    # Seed collection + mixed-level documents. Must commit so the
+    # endpoint's DB session sees them (separate tracked_db path under
+    # some configs; safe regardless).
+    collection = models.Collection(
+        observer=peer.name,
+        observed=peer.name,
+        workspace_name=workspace.name,
+        internal_metadata={},
+    )
+    db_session.add(collection)
+    await db_session.flush()
+
+    for _ in range(5):
+        db_session.add(
+            models.Document(
+                content="explicit doc",
+                level="explicit",
+                workspace_name=workspace.name,
+                observer=peer.name,
+                observed=peer.name,
+            )
+        )
+    for _ in range(10):
+        db_session.add(
+            models.Document(
+                content="deductive doc",
+                level="deductive",
+                workspace_name=workspace.name,
+                observer=peer.name,
+                observed=peer.name,
+            )
+        )
+    await db_session.commit()
+
+    # Capture kwargs passed to enqueue_dream (patched at the router's
+    # import site — the route does `from src.deriver.enqueue import
+    # enqueue_dream` at module load, so patching the symbol on the
+    # router module is what actually intercepts the call).
+    captured: dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    async def fake_enqueue_dream(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        captured["args"] = args
+        captured["kwargs"] = kwargs
+
+    with (
+        patch("src.routers.workspaces.settings.DREAM.ENABLED", True),
+        patch(
+            "src.routers.workspaces.enqueue_dream",
+            new=AsyncMock(side_effect=fake_enqueue_dream),
+        ),
+    ):
+        response = client.post(
+            f"/v3/workspaces/{workspace.name}/schedule_dream",
+            json={
+                "observer": peer.name,
+                "observed": peer.name,
+                "dream_type": "omni",
+            },
+        )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 204, response.text
+    assert "kwargs" in captured, "enqueue_dream was not called"
+    assert captured["kwargs"]["document_count"] == 5, (
+        "schedule_dream must pass explicit-only count (5), "
+        f"got {captured['kwargs']['document_count']} — the unfiltered "
+        "count would be 15 and would inflate last_dream_document_count."
+    )