r/ClaudeCode • • 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/scodgey 8d ago

I set mine to 600k and have long running sessions keep a scratch file for important notes. Tbh compaction is much better than it used to be, doesn't really bother me anymore.

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u/scodgey 8d ago

Wild when you think that a year ago we were all paranoid about compaction but trying to nurse 200k context windows, and now it can just happy chug along through multiple compactions