strategic-compact

Manual context compaction prevents arbitrary auto-compaction by prompting you to compact at logical workflow intervals, preserving critical information through task phases. You proactively manage context instead of relying on automatic, potentially disruptive resets.

You should manually compact context at logical milestones, such as after completing research and before starting implementation. This clears intermediate exploration details while preserving essential research notes for the next phase.

You track tool calls to trigger manual context compaction by configuring a threshold, such as 50 tool calls. The skill monitors your progress and prompts you to compact proactively once that threshold is reached.

Strategic context compaction is a manual context management technique that suggests compacting at configurable workflow intervals. It tracks tool usage and prompts you to clear context at opportune moments, preventing mid-task information loss.

Manual context compaction is designed specifically for long-running sessions with extensive tool usage. It prevents arbitrary auto-compaction mid-task by prompting you at configurable thresholds to preserve critical information.

Claude loses research notes during auto-compaction because automatic triggers fire arbitrarily mid-task. Manual context compaction solves this by prompting you to compact at logical intervals, ensuring critical information survives task transitions.