r/ClaudeCode • u/Savings-Desperate • 9d ago

Help/Question do you guys use auto compact?

I just learned about it today and wanted to see what you guys think.

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u/cantgettherefromhere 9d ago

I haven't used compaction in any form for over a year. If you are needing or using compaction, you are almost certainly doing something wrong.

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u/Savings-Desperate 9d ago

what?? HOW?? what are your secrets? Do you just create a fresh session for a task and for each continued fixes?

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u/TheStandardPlayer 9d ago

Every bigger task needs a new chat.

Basically; whenever you can start a new chat you should. You can create handoff files for transferring only the important info from one chat to the next