Context Compression Skill

Workflow

1. •Determine session_file:
   • •First choice: use the path from the Context Pressure Notice.
   • •Fallback: {{WORKSPACE}}/sessions/main/session.json.
2. •Write a compressed summary of the conversation so far (see guidance below) to {{WORKSPACE}}/.tmp/compressed.txt with write_file.
3. •Run:
   code

   {{WORKSPACE}}/bin/nagobot compress-session <session_file> {{WORKSPACE}}/.tmp/compressed.txt
   

4. •Continue the original task.

Compression Guidance

Write a summary whose purpose is to provide continuity so you can continue making progress in a future context, where the raw conversation history will be replaced with this summary.

Write in the same language as the original conversation. Use plain text, not JSON.

Include:

• •Current state of work: what has been completed, what is in progress.
• •Next steps and pending actions.
• •Key decisions, preferences, and constraints the user expressed.
• •Important learnings: mistakes that were fixed, insights discovered.
• •Critical references: IDs, file paths, commands, configuration values.

Discard:

• •Verbose tool call arguments and raw tool outputs — keep only outcomes.
• •Intermediate debugging steps that were already resolved.
• •Repetitive or redundant exchanges that don't affect future work.