context-reset

Preventing context drift in autonomous agent iterations requires resetting conversation context between runs. Use /compact to trim tokens while preserving the iteration counter, or /clear to wipe stale residue causing incorrect reasoning.

Your auto-engineer loop hallucinates state because accumulated conversation context from prior cycles corrupts decisions. Switch to a full conversation wipe using /clear to remove prior-cycle residue that is actively causing incorrect reasoning or hallucinated state.

The best way to manage token overruns in CI loop stability is executing a clean process restart. Run scripts/restart-loop.sh to fully reset the container when token ceilings are hit or when a fresh environment with updated credentials is required.

Use /compact for conversation reset at the end of a healthy auto-engineer cycle to trim tokens while preserving state. Switch to /clear only when you confirm prior-cycle residue is actively causing context corruption or hallucinated state.

Context reset using /compact preserves the iteration counter, stop-reason history, and current PR state while trimming tokens. If you use /clear or scripts/restart-loop.sh, the conversation state is fully wiped to eliminate context corruption.