{
  "topic": "ao-compaction",
  "title": "Agent ops: context compaction",
  "claim": "When and how agents compress context, and what side constraints get lost.",
  "notes": [
    {
      "slug": "ao-compaction",
      "title": "Context compaction and side constraints",
      "url": "https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/ao-compaction/",
      "status": "published"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ao-compaction-gemini-cli-compress",
      "title": "Gemini CLI compaction: /compress and compressionThreshold",
      "url": "https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/ao-compaction-gemini-cli-compress/",
      "status": "published"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ao-compaction-memory-and-parallel",
      "title": "Beyond one summary: residual memory and parallel compaction",
      "url": "https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/ao-compaction-memory-and-parallel/",
      "status": "published"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ao-compaction-side-constraints",
      "title": "Context compaction can silently drop user constraints",
      "url": "https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/ao-compaction-side-constraints/",
      "status": "published"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ao-compaction-summarize-and-resume",
      "title": "Summarize and resume: long-horizon agents without bigger windows",
      "url": "https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/ao-compaction-summarize-and-resume/",
      "status": "published"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ao-compaction-when-to-compact",
      "title": "When should a coding agent compact its context?",
      "url": "https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/ao-compaction-when-to-compact/",
      "status": "published"
    }
  ],
  "artifact_refs": [
    "/library/artifacts/ao-compaction-cli-knobs.table.json",
    "/library/artifacts/ao-compaction-settings.schema.json"
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "as_of": "2026-11-09",
  "license": "Index of CC-BY-4.0 library notes; underlying source licenses remain on each note",
  "schema": "https://iinventedlight.com/library/schemas/topic-packet.schema.json"
}