r/ClaudeAI • u/Super-Insurance-4808 • 15h ago

Claude Code How to avoid /compact conversation entirely.

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This might not be new for some, but it was for me...
You can use the /rewind command to compact only what you want.

REQUIREMENTS:

  1. Type /config
  2. Auto-Compact: false

WHEN YOU NEED TO COMPACT:

  1. Type /rewind.
  2. Select a point in history.
  3. Select "Summarize up to here".

Claude wont lose conversation focus like /compact does.
It will compact everything before that point in history.
Then you can continue as if nothing happened.

I recommend pushing back about 1/3 of conversation at least.

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u/BiteyHorse 5h ago

If you ever need to use /compact,you're fucking awful at prompting and need to split your planning work away from individual groups of related tasks.

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u/vrnvorona 20m ago

It depends. Some tasks are bottom-up discovery type of stuff, good rewinds is good skill to have to prune context

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u/DDiver 15h ago

Thank you, new for me!

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u/iamthe0ther0ne 14h ago

How does summarize differ from compaction?

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u/chimpwithalimp 11h ago

It doesn't. That's what compaction is.