Compress Retrieved Content Before Injection
thisguyknowsai · x · 2026-07-11
This covers Technique 6: Compression Before Injection.
The author advocates not putting raw retrieved text directly into context. Instead, retrieve first, then compress the content into the most question-relevant sentences before injection. This reduces average chunk size from 400 tokens to 90 tokens, saving about 77% context overhead while maintaining information density.
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