Strategic Compact Skill
Optimize context window usage through intelligent compaction timing.
Warning Thresholds
| Level | Usage | Action | |:---|:---|:---| | Info | 50% | Monitor | | Warning | 70% | Suggest compact soon | | Critical | 85% | Urgent compaction needed | | Danger | 95% | Immediate compaction |
Good Times to Compact
- ✅ After completing a feature/task
- ✅ Before starting new unrelated work
- ✅ After successful verification
- ✅ At natural conversation breaks
Bad Times to Compact
- ❌ Mid-debugging session
- ❌ During multi-file refactoring
- ❌ When tracking complex state
Pre-Compaction Workflow
- State Capture - Save current task context
- Save State - Write to pre-compact-state.yaml
- Generate Summary - Create session summary
- Execute Compaction - /compact --preserve-state
Post-Compaction Recovery
/resume --from-compact
Loads pre-compact-state.yaml and restores context.