# Strategic Compact

> Intelligent context window management with strategic compaction suggestions. Monitors context usage and suggests /compact at logical boundaries. Saves state before compaction to enable recovery.

- Skill: `wenjunduan/strategic-compact` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add wenjunduan/strategic-compact`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/wenjunduan/strategic-compact/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: wenjunduan (https://skillmd.com/u/wenjunduan)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/wenjunduan/strategic-compact

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# Strategic Compact Skill

Optimize context window usage through intelligent compaction timing.

## Warning Thresholds

| Level | Usage | Action |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Info | 50% | Monitor |
| Warning | 70% | Suggest compact soon |
| Critical | 85% | Urgent compaction needed |
| Danger | 95% | Immediate compaction |

## Good Times to Compact
- ✅ After completing a feature/task
- ✅ Before starting new unrelated work
- ✅ After successful verification
- ✅ At natural conversation breaks

## Bad Times to Compact
- ❌ Mid-debugging session
- ❌ During multi-file refactoring
- ❌ When tracking complex state

## Pre-Compaction Workflow

1. **State Capture** - Save current task context
2. **Save State** - Write to pre-compact-state.yaml
3. **Generate Summary** - Create session summary
4. **Execute Compaction** - /compact --preserve-state

## Post-Compaction Recovery

```bash
/resume --from-compact
```

Loads pre-compact-state.yaml and restores context.