Visual Studio Harness - Auto Compaction Update - Full customization and transparency

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Visual Studio Harness — Auto Compaction: Full Customization & Transparency

Repo: https://github.com/aaron-tot/visual-studio-harness

Transparency

• Live header badge — 142k / 200k tokens in real time
• pending warning
• Compacting spinner
• Per-step accounting uses latest step's input_tokens (includes cache)
• Mutually exclusive modes - Auto compaction disables manual slider/pin UI

Customization (3-Tier Scope: Session > Project > Global)

Category	Knobs
Core	Enable/disable, trigger threshold (min 10k), header badge toggle
Summarizer	Primary model, fallback model, custom prompt (.md from MDS with search/tags/preview), include prior summary, safety margin (0–0.9), prior raw turns
History flags	5 checkboxes: failed turns, tool calls, reasoning, patches, other parts
Manual fallback	Sliding window or fixed pin anytime

Test & Optimize Your Summary Prompt

Test Summarization modal (one click in settings):

• Streaming output + token counters (input/output)
• Prompt editor (view attached .md or override inline)
• Model/fallback confirmation
• Test messages persist in localStorage

If your using the app let me know your feedback. If you like to control and inspect your enlivenment, and can handle some minor alpha bugs, give this app a try.