context compaction
A mechanism in an agent runtime framework that, when the conversation approaches the model's maximum context window, automatically summarizes or discards earlier messages to free up space. Different harnesses use different trigger thresholds and strategies.
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Tool outputs are repeatedly read and repeatedly billed in every subsequent round of conversation until the context is compressed.
The fundamental flaw of summarization compression is that summaries are written before knowing which information is important, potentially losing information that later becomes critical.
This process of context summarization and compression is called context compaction in Claude's Agent mode.
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Tool outputs are repeatedly read and repeatedly billed in every subsequent round of conversation until the context is compressed.
50%UnverifiedThe fundamental flaw of summarization compression is that summaries are written before knowing which information is important, potentially losing information that later becomes critical.
50%UnverifiedThis process of context summarization and compression is called context compaction in Claude's Agent mode.
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