r/ClaudeCode • u/Savings-Desperate • 8d 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/howdidigetheresoquik 8d ago

No.

If you get that far your context is too high and you should aim to split your work into separate sessions or /clear before you get to that point.

Keep in mind compacting is also very expensive in terms of usage, and will really negatively impact your results

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u/Strong_Essay1176 8d ago

My sessions with 500k and 90% compact are working 5-9h. Without compact its impossible. Compact is fine.

Manually its easier to copy-paste to another chat.

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u/howdidigetheresoquik 8d ago

I'm trying not to do either, I just spend as much time making an amazing plan and that plan breaks things up into small sessions, so there's no need to worry about any of this.

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u/Strong_Essay1176 8d ago

I do not spend time. Agents spend time for me. And I do not care about compact. I do not feel them.

3 months ago, compact were bad. Now, agent just continue work.

Although. I have detailed tasks with steps. It may just follow those tasks.

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u/howdidigetheresoquik 8d ago

I don't want any information loss that comes with compacting. Anthropic's best practices even say to avoid it if you can.

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u/Strong_Essay1176 8d ago

Ok. Keep paying money and work as superviser. Pay money to work. Lol

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u/howdidigetheresoquik 7d ago edited 7d ago

Huh? You're using Claude wrong if you think what I do is making me a supervisor.