strategic-compact

To preserve context in long-running sessions, you can use a hook-based integration that prompts manual compaction at logical workflow boundaries like phase transitions. This prevents context loss during research, planning, implementation, and testing phases.

The best way to trigger manual compaction prompts is by setting up a PreToolUse hook. This hook counts tool invocations and automatically suggests compaction after a configurable threshold is reached, ensuring strategic context preservation.

Yes, you can configure the threshold for context preservation prompts using the COMPACT_THRESHOLD environment variable. This allows you to tailor exactly when the compaction prompts appear during your workflow sessions.

You should perform manual compaction during transitions between research, planning, implementation, and testing phases. Prompting at these logical workflow boundaries ensures you preserve context without interrupting active tasks.

Yes, hook-based context preservation works without dependencies. It relies entirely on a standalone script integrated via the PreToolUse hook to count invocations and trigger prompts based on your configured threshold.

Strategic compaction prompts you at logical workflow boundaries rather than continuously, preserving context at phase transitions without disrupting active tool invocations. This phase-aware approach maintains session continuity better than continuous automatic compaction.