Strategic Compact
Suggests manual context compaction at logical intervals to preserve context through task phases rather than arbitrary auto-compaction.
Install
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Security review
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- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
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Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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Strategic Compact Skill
Suggests manual /compact at strategic points in your workflow rather than relying on arbitrary auto-compaction.
Why Strategic Compaction?
Auto-compaction triggers at arbitrary points:
- Often mid-task, losing important context
- No awareness of logical task boundaries
- Can interrupt complex multi-step operations
Strategic compaction at logical boundaries:
- After exploration, before execution - Compact research context, keep implementation plan
- After completing a milestone - Fresh start for next phase
- Before major context shifts - Clear exploration context before different task
How It Works
The suggest-compact.sh script runs on PreToolUse (Edit/Write) and:
- Tracks tool calls - Counts tool invocations in session
- Threshold detection - Suggests at configurable threshold (default: 50 calls)
- Periodic reminders - Reminds every 25 calls after threshold
Hook Setup
Add to your ~/.claude/settings.json:
{
"hooks": {
"PreToolUse": [{
"matcher": "tool == \"Edit\" || tool == \"Write\"",
"hooks": [{
"type": "command",
"command": "~/.claude/skills/strategic-compact/suggest-compact.sh"
}]
}]
}
}Configuration
Environment variables:
COMPACT_THRESHOLD- Tool calls before first suggestion (default: 50)
Best Practices
- Compact after planning - Once plan is finalized, compact to start fresh
- Compact after debugging - Clear error-resolution context before continuing
- Don't compact mid-implementation - Preserve context for related changes
- Read the suggestion - The hook tells you when, you decide if
Related
- The Longform Guide - Token optimization section
- Memory persistence hooks - For state that survives compaction
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: arabicapp
- Source: arabicapp/everything-claude-code
- License: MIT
- Homepage: https://arabicapp.github.io
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.