I compact myself by having it write out to a file, I prune what's no longer relevant, and then start a new session with that file.
replyBut I'm mostly working on personal projects so my time is cheap.
I might experiment with having the file sections post-processed through a token counter though, that's a great idea.
I do find it really interesting that more coding agents don't have this as an toggleable feature, sometimes you really need this level of control to get useful capability
replyYep; I've actually had entire jobs essentially fail due to a bad compaction. It lost key context, and it completely altered the trajectory.
replyI'm now more careful, using tracking files to try to keep it aligned, but more control over compaction regardless would be highly welcomed. You don't ALWAYS need that level of control, but when you do, you do.