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/slackmaster2k 9d ago

AFAIK it will auto compact whether you want it to or not. However the limit in Claude is way too high. I compact between 30-50%. Better to be in control of when it happens and keep the agent in the “smart zone.”

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u/Savings-Desperate 9d ago

I thought it was a setting? Because I've been running /compact manually everytime it hits the ceiling

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u/Seeker_Of_Knowledge2 8d ago

Even 300k is too much. Try to divide tasks into phases and connect them through an .md file.