Free up context in a long chat
slash commands & shortcuts
// what it does
As a chat grows, /compact summarizes the history into a shorter form to reclaim context window while keeping the thread going. /new starts a fresh chat in the same CLI session, and /clear wipes the screen and starts over. /side (or /btw) opens a throwaway side chat.
// shell
$ /compact$ /new$ /clear// gotcha
/compact is lossy — it summarizes, so fine details from early in the chat can be dropped. /clear discards the conversation entirely, so use /compact when you still want to continue.