Description
strategic-compact is an agent skill from the ECC collection by affaan-m, listed on skills.sh. It suggests running manual context compaction at logical points in a task, instead of relying on automatic compaction that can fire at any moment. Automatic compaction often triggers mid-task and can throw away important context, because it has no sense of where one phase ends and the next begins. The skill advises compacting after a research, planning, implementation or testing phase, after finishing a major milestone, or before switching to an unrelated task in the same session. It applies to long sessions that approach context limits of around 200,000 tokens or more, to multi-phase work, and to moments when responses slow down or become less coherent because of context pressure. It is a SKILL.md file of instructions that an AI agent loads when a task calls for it. It is free and open source, and the skills.sh listing shows all three security audits passing.…
Highlights
- Manual compaction at task boundaries
- Avoids mid-task context loss
- Guidance for long sessions near 200K tokens
- Signals for context pressure
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strategic-compact FAQ
What does the strategic-compact skill do?
It suggests when to run /compact manually at the end of a phase or milestone, so context is kept through the work.
Why not use automatic compaction?
The skill says automatic compaction can trigger in the middle of a task and lose important context.
When should I use it?
In long sessions near context limits, across multi-phase work, when switching tasks, and when responses start to lose coherence.
How do I install it?
Run: npx skills add https://github.com/affaan-m/ecc --skill strategic-compact
Is it free?
Yes. It is free and open source.
Are there security findings?
The skills.sh listing shows Gen Agent Trust Hub, Socket and Snyk all passing.
What are the best strategic-compact alternatives?
Popular alternatives to strategic-compact include ck, config-gc and prompt-optimizer. See all strategic-compact alternatives