# Honey Compress

> Rewrite context files terse to cut per-session tokens.

- Skill: `green-pt/honey-compress-3` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add green-pt/honey-compress-3`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/green-pt/honey-compress-3/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- License: MIT
- Author: green-pt (https://skillmd.com/u/green-pt)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/green-pt/honey-compress-3

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# Honey Compress

Apply Lever 2 to a file the agent re-reads every session. The cheapest token is the one not re-sent — a one-time rewrite that saves on every future load.

## Do

1. **Back up first.** Copy `FILE` → `FILE.original.md`. If that backup already exists, stop and ask — never clobber a restore point. If no backup can be written, refuse.
2. **Rewrite the prose tersely** — drop wind-up, hedging, narration, and redundancy; fragments over paragraphs; merge guidance that repeats.
3. **Preserve every distinct instruction** — terser words, identical rules. If unsure whether a line changes behavior, keep it verbatim.
4. **Report** original vs new line/byte count and the backup path.

## Keep exact — never compress

- Code blocks, commands, paths, identifiers, versions.
- Any **load-bearing directive** — MUST/NEVER rules, and anything touching auth, secrets, money, migrations, or deletes. Compressing an instruction that changes behavior moves cost, it doesn't remove it.

## Don't

- Don't touch code, config, or data files — prose context only.
- Don't merge two rules into one if they differ in effect.
- Don't compress a file you can't back up.

## Boundaries

Reversible by design — `FILE.original.md` is the restore path. Verify the rewrite still carries every rule before reporting done.