How to Use ChatGPT's Compaction Feature
SnoopPaintings · reddit · 2026-07-19
The original post asks: do people trust an agent's compaction, when do they usually trigger it manually, and is it more stable to compress proactively before the conversation hits a certain context limit. The focus is on context management practices for coding agents like ChatGPT and Claude during long tasks.
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