Verbatim Jev-guided compaction for Claude Code and Codex sessions.

Codex port maintained by designnotdrum, based on Tamara Tran's MIT-licensed fast-jev-compaction.
Claude Code plugin that replaces the compaction summary with Jev decisions: every tool call and result is scored in one fast request, stale ones are dropped or truncated, everything kept stays verbatim. Also usable as an npm library.
Codex does not currently expose a hook that replaces the built-in compaction result. This port uses the supported lifecycle instead:
PreCompact reads the Codex JSONL transcript, maps messages and paired tool calls/results, and asks Jev what remains useful.SessionStart with source: compact injects the selected verbatim history as authoritative supplemental developer context.Failures are fail-open: missing credentials, transcript changes, API failures, and insufficient reduction all leave Codex's built-in compaction untouched. The transcript format is explicitly unstable in Codex's hook contract, so the adapter is covered by fixture tests and never edits the transcript.
codex plugin marketplace add designnotdrum/fast-jev-compaction-codex
codex plugin add fast-jev-compaction@fast-jev-compaction-codex
Set TYPESAFE_API_KEY in the Codex environment. On macOS, this port also checks Keychain service fast-jev-compaction-typesafe for the current user.
Codex treats third-party hooks as untrusted until reviewed. Inspect hooks/codex-hooks.json and approve it when Codex prompts.
Most context compaction asks an LLM to summarize old turns. A summary is lossy: a file path, exact error, constraint, or command can disappear even when it matters later. This library never rewrites anything. It only deletes tool calls and tool results Jev says are no longer needed, and it asks Jev while showing it the whole conversation. User and assistant text stays verbatim and in order.
The repository is both an npm package (src/) and a Claude Code plugin (hooks/, .claude-plugin/) that uses the package to replace Claude Code's built-in compaction summary with the original messages.
tool_use is paired with its tool_result by tool_use_id. Calls in the first message or in the newest preserveRecentMessages messages are pinned and never touched.ok, 4213 chars (omitted)). Tool inputs are included, texts are included, nothing is summarized.maxStateTokens (25k by default) in stages, each applied only if the previous one was not enough: tool inputs truncated to 1000, then 200, then 60 characters; long texts abridged to head + tail, oldest non-pinned messages first; old non-pinned messages collapsed to a [… N chars omitted …] note; old tool calls reduced to one line each (t12 Read file_path=src/a.ts → ok 480ch); old call-less messages left out; runs of old call-only messages folded into one entry. If it still does not fit, compaction throws. Tokens are estimated without a tokenizer (a word per six letters, half a token per digit, ~one per other symbol), calibrated to land a little above the counts Jev reports.noul questions: should the call stay (knowing it was made, with its input, still matters), and should the result stay verbatim (its contents are still needed and re-running the tool would not do).maxRequestTokens (30k by default, under Jev's 32k request limit). The same full state is resent with every request; requests run concurrently and their answers are merged.keepThreshold:keepResult ≥ threshold → keep call and result;keepCall ≥ threshold → keep the call, truncate the result to its first truncateHeadChars characters plus a one-line note;Jev failures, malformed answers, a missing key, or a history that cannot be fitted throw; the caller (or the Claude Code hook) decides what to fall back to.
npm install fast-jev-compaction
export TYPESAFE_API_KEY=...
import { compactMessages, reductionRatio, type Message } from 'fast-jev-compaction';
const transcript: Message[] = [
{ role: 'user', text: 'Fix the failing test. Never edit src/generated.', toolUses: [] },
{
role: 'assistant',
text: '',
toolUses: [{ tool_use_id: 'toolu_1', tool: 'Read', input: { file_path: 'src/a.ts' } }],
},
{ role: 'user', text: '', toolUses: [], toolResults: [{ tool_use_id: 'toolu_1', text: '…file…' }] },
// …
];
const result = await compactMessages(transcript, { preserveRecentMessages: 4 });
console.log(result.messages, result.decisions, result.stats);
if (reductionRatio(result) < 0.25) {
// not worth it: keep the original transcript, or summarize instead
}
Message is a subset of Claude Code's SessionMessage, so a session transcript can be passed in as is.
To bring your own transport, implement JevAsker (one ask(state, questions) method) and call compact(messages, asker, options); buildJevRequest and parseJevResponse give you the HTTP request body and response validation. The building blocks (collectToolCalls, fitState, batchCalls, decideCall, applyDecisions) are exported too.
apiKey defaults to process.env.TYPESAFE_API_KEY. Never commit the key or put it in a source file.
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
apiKey | TYPESAFE_API_KEY | TypeSafe API key (compactMessages/JevClient) |
model | jev-latest | Jev model name |
baseUrl | https://api.typesafe.ai/v1/systemone | System One endpoint |
fetch | native fetch | Injectable fetch implementation for tests |
goal | last 3 user prompts | Ongoing task description included in the state |
keepThreshold | 0.5 | Minimum keep probability for a call or result to stay |
preserveRecentMessages | 6 | Newest messages never touched (the first is always kept) |
maxStateTokens | 25000 | Estimated token ceiling for the state |
maxRequestTokens | 30000 | Estimated ceiling for state plus one batch of questions |
truncateHeadChars | 300 | Characters of a dropped tool result retained before its note |
result.stats reports message and character counts before and after, the per-reason decision counts, the state size in estimated tokens, which fitting stage was needed, and the number of requests.
The repository root is a Claude Code function-hook plugin: hooks/fast-jev.ts is a thin adapter that feeds session.compact transcripts through src/ and falls back to Claude Code's built-in summary on errors or insufficient reduction. See hooks/README.md for configuration and the Claude Code 2.1.274 type reference.
Function hooks are an early-access Claude Code feature (2.1.274+), so the opt-in flag must be set wherever Claude Code runs, e.g. in ~/.claude/settings.json:
{ "env": { "CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_FUNCTION_HOOKS": "1", "TYPESAFE_API_KEY": "<your key>" } }
Then add this repository as a plugin marketplace and install the plugin, either from the shell or as slash commands inside a session:
claude plugin marketplace add tamaratran/fast-jev-compaction
claude plugin install fast-jev-compaction@fast-jev-compaction
The install prompts for the plugin options (API key, thresholds, truncateHeadChars, …); leave them at their defaults to use TYPESAFE_API_KEY from the environment. Restart Claude Code or run /reload-plugins. From then on /compact (and auto-compaction) goes through Jev: the toast reads fast-jev-compaction: kept N/M messages, no summary (…) when the pruned history replaced the built-in summary, or fallback to built-in summary (…) when Jev could not remove enough (short sessions, or when it fails).
To run from a checkout without installing: CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_FUNCTION_HOOKS=1 claude --plugin-dir . from the repository root. No publishing step is required; the marketplace is just the repo's .claude-plugin/marketplace.json.
npm install
npm run typecheck # library + hook
npm test
npm run build
npm run validate:plugin # claude plugin validate
TYPESAFE_API_KEY="$(cat ~/.typesafe_key)" npm run demo
The unit tests use a fake Jev and never contact TypeSafe. The demo is the live network check.
demo/JevDemo is a small native SwiftUI app that plays a scripted, dramatized version of the compaction flow inside a Claude Code-style terminal: the tool calls of a canned transcript are scored, results and calls Jev lets go turn red and collapse away, and the rest stays verbatim. It never calls the API; it exists to be screen recorded.
demo/JevDemo/build.sh # builds demo/JevDemo/build/JevDemo.app and launches it
Press space in the app to replay from the start.
hooks/fast-jev.ts 311 lines1import type {
2 On,
3 PluginOptions,
4 Register,
5 SessionMessage,
6 ToolResultSummary,
7 ToolUseSummary,
8 TurnCompleteInput,
9} from 'claude-code';
10
11import { compact, reductionRatio, resolveOptions } from '../src/compact.js';
12import { buildJevRequest, DEFAULT_MODEL, parseJevResponse } from '../src/request.js';
13import type {
14 CompactOptions,
15 CompactResult,
16 JevAsker,
17 Message,
18 ToolResult,
19 ToolUse,
20} from '../src/types.js';
21
22const HOOK_DEFAULTS = {
23 compactAtPercent: 60,
24 minReductionRatio: 0.25,
25 model: DEFAULT_MODEL,
26};
27
28export type HookFetchInit = {
29 method?: string;
30 headers?: Record<string, string>;
31 body?: string;
32};
33
34export type HookFetchResponse = {
35 status: number;
36 ok: boolean;
37 text: string;
38};
39
40/** The shape of `$.http.fetch`, so the hook can be driven without an engine. */
41export type HookFetch = (url: string, init?: HookFetchInit) => Promise<HookFetchResponse>;
42
43export type HookConfig = CompactOptions & {
44 apiKey?: string;
45 compactAtPercent: number;
46 minReductionRatio: number;
47 model: string;
48};
49
50function optionNumber(options: PluginOptions, key: string, fallback: number): number {
51 const value = options[key];
52 return typeof value === 'number' && Number.isFinite(value) ? value : fallback;
53}
54
55function optionString(options: PluginOptions, key: string): string | undefined {
56 const value = options[key];
57 return typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0 ? value : undefined;
58}
59
60/** Reads the plugin's `userConfig` values; anything missing takes the defaults. */
61export function resolveHookConfig(options: PluginOptions): HookConfig {
62 const numbers: Partial<Omit<CompactOptions, 'goal'>> = {};
63 for (const key of [
64 'keepThreshold',
65 'preserveRecentMessages',
66 'maxStateTokens',
67 'maxRequestTokens',
68 'truncateHeadChars',
69 ] as const) {
70 const value = options[key];
71 if (typeof value === 'number' && Number.isFinite(value)) numbers[key] = value;
72 }
73 const config: HookConfig = {
74 ...numbers,
75 compactAtPercent: optionNumber(options, 'compactAtPercent', HOOK_DEFAULTS.compactAtPercent),
76 minReductionRatio: optionNumber(
77 options,
78 'minReductionRatio',
79 HOOK_DEFAULTS.minReductionRatio,
80 ),
81 model: optionString(options, 'model') ?? HOOK_DEFAULTS.model,
82 };
83 const apiKey = optionString(options, 'apiKey');
84 if (apiKey) config.apiKey = apiKey;
85 const goal = optionString(options, 'goal');
86 if (goal) config.goal = goal;
87 return config;
88}
89
90/** A `JevAsker` over the engine's `$.http.fetch`. */
91export function jevAsker(fetchFn: HookFetch, apiKey: string, model: string): JevAsker {
92 return {
93 async ask(state, questions) {
94 const request = buildJevRequest({ apiKey, model }, state, questions);
95 const response = await fetchFn(request.url, {
96 method: request.method,
97 headers: request.headers,
98 body: request.body,
99 });
100 return parseJevResponse(response.status, response.ok, response.text);
101 },
102 };
103}
104
105function toolUseSummary(tool: ToolUse): ToolUseSummary {
106 const summary: ToolUseSummary = {
107 tool_use_id: tool.tool_use_id,
108 tool: tool.tool,
109 input: tool.input,
110 };
111 if (tool.text !== undefined) summary.text = tool.text;
112 if (tool.isError) summary.isError = true;
113 return summary;
114}
115
116function toolResultSummary(result: ToolResult): ToolResultSummary {
117 return {
118 tool_use_id: result.tool_use_id,
119 text: result.text,
120 isError: result.isError ?? false,
121 };
122}
123
124/**
125 * Maps the library's output back onto session messages. Whatever came back
126 * unchanged (a message, a tool use, a tool result) is the engine's own object,
127 * handle included; anything rebuilt is a fresh message without a handle, so the
128 * engine takes the edited content instead of its original.
129 */
130export function toSessionMessages(
131 input: readonly SessionMessage[],
132 output: readonly Message[],
133): SessionMessage[] {
134 const messages = new Map<Message, SessionMessage>();
135 const uses = new Map<ToolUse, ToolUseSummary>();
136 const results = new Map<ToolResult, ToolResultSummary>();
137 for (const message of input) {
138 messages.set(message, message);
139 for (const tool of message.toolUses) uses.set(tool, tool);
140 for (const result of message.toolResults ?? []) results.set(result, result);
141 }
142 return output.map((message) => {
143 const own = messages.get(message);
144 if (own) return own;
145 const rebuilt: SessionMessage = {
146 role: message.role,
147 text: message.text,
148 toolUses: message.toolUses.map((tool) => uses.get(tool) ?? toolUseSummary(tool)),
149 };
150 if (message.toolResults && message.toolResults.length > 0) {
151 rebuilt.toolResults = message.toolResults.map(
152 (result) => results.get(result) ?? toolResultSummary(result),
153 );
154 }
155 return rebuilt;
156 });
157}
158
159export type SessionCompaction = {
160 result: CompactResult;
161 messages: SessionMessage[];
162};
163
164/** Runs the library over a session transcript; throws when the key is missing or Jev fails. */
165export async function compactSession(
166 messages: readonly SessionMessage[],
167 config: HookConfig,
168 fetchFn: HookFetch,
169): Promise<SessionCompaction> {
170 if (!config.apiKey) throw new Error('TYPESAFE_API_KEY is not configured');
171 const result = await compact(messages, jevAsker(fetchFn, config.apiKey, config.model), config);
172 return { result, messages: toSessionMessages(messages, result.messages) };
173}
174
175function percent(ratio: number): string {
176 return `${Math.round(ratio * 100)}%`;
177}
178
179export function summarize(result: CompactResult): string {
180 const { stats } = result;
181 const parts = [
182 stats.kept > 0 ? `${stats.kept} kept` : '',
183 stats.resultsDropped > 0 ? `${stats.resultsDropped} results truncated` : '',
184 stats.callsDropped > 0 ? `${stats.callsDropped} call_dropped` : '',
185 stats.pinned > 0 ? `${stats.pinned} pinned` : '',
186 ].filter(Boolean);
187 return `${percent(reductionRatio(result))} reduction; ${
188 parts.join(', ') || 'no tool calls'
189 }; state ~${stats.stateTokens} tokens (${stats.stateStage}) in ${stats.requests} request(s)`;
190}
191
192const UI_LOG_MAX_CHARS = 4096;
193
194export function decisionLog(result: CompactResult): string {
195 return result.decisions
196 .filter((d) => d.reason !== 'pinned')
197 .map(
198 (d) =>
199 `${d.id}:${d.tool}:${d.action}/call=${d.keepCall.toFixed(2)}/result=${d.keepResult.toFixed(2)}`,
200 )
201 .join(' ');
202}
203
204export function decisionLogLines(
205 result: CompactResult,
206 maxChars: number = UI_LOG_MAX_CHARS,
207): string[] {
208 const entries = decisionLog(result).split(' ').filter(Boolean);
209 if (entries.length === 0) return ['decisions: (none)'];
210 const chunks: string[] = [];
211 let current = '';
212 for (const entry of entries) {
213 const next = current ? `${current} ${entry}` : entry;
214 if (current && next.length > maxChars - 24) {
215 chunks.push(current);
216 current = entry;
217 } else current = next;
218 }
219 chunks.push(current);
220 return chunks.map((chunk, index) =>
221 chunks.length === 1
222 ? `decisions: ${chunk}`
223 : `decisions (${index + 1}/${chunks.length}): ${chunk}`,
224 );
225}
226
227async function getApiKey(
228 $: {
229 env: { get: (name: string) => Promise<string | undefined> };
230 settings: { read: () => Promise<Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>> };
231 },
232 config: HookConfig,
233): Promise<string | undefined> {
234 if (config.apiKey) return config.apiKey;
235 const fromEnv = await $.env.get('TYPESAFE_API_KEY');
236 if (fromEnv) return fromEnv;
237 const settings = await $.settings.read();
238 const env = settings['env'];
239 if (env && typeof env === 'object') {
240 const value = (env as Record<string, unknown>)['TYPESAFE_API_KEY'];
241 if (typeof value === 'string' && value) return value;
242 }
243 return undefined;
244}
245
246function notify(
247 $: {
248 ui: {
249 log: (text: string) => void;
250 toast: (text: string, options?: { timeoutMs?: number }) => void;
251 };
252 },
253 text: string,
254): void {
255 $.ui.log(text);
256 $.ui.toast(text, { timeoutMs: 15_000 });
257}
258
259export const register: Register = (on: On, options: PluginOptions) => {
260 const configured = resolveHookConfig(options);
261 let compacting = false;
262
263 on('session.compact', async ($, event, next) => {
264 try {
265 const config = { ...configured, apiKey: await getApiKey($, configured) };
266 const { result, messages } = await compactSession(event.messages, config, async (url, init) => {
267 const response = await $.http.fetch(url, init);
268 return { status: response.status, ok: response.ok, text: response.text };
269 });
270 for (const line of decisionLogLines(result)) $.ui.log(line);
271 if (reductionRatio(result) < config.minReductionRatio) {
272 notify(
273 $,
274 `fallback to built-in summary (below ${percent(config.minReductionRatio)} minimum: ${summarize(result)})`,
275 );
276 return next(event);
277 }
278 notify(
279 $,
280 `kept ${messages.length}/${event.messages.length} messages, no summary (${summarize(result)})`,
281 );
282 return { messages };
283 } catch (error) {
284 notify(
285 $,
286 `fallback to built-in summary (${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)})`,
287 );
288 return next(event);
289 }
290 });
291
292 on('turn.complete', async ($, event: TurnCompleteInput, next) => {
293 if (compacting) return next(event);
294 try {
295 const { context } = await $.session.usage();
296 if ((context.percent ?? 0) < configured.compactAtPercent) return next(event);
297 compacting = true;
298 await $.session.compact();
299 } catch (error) {
300 $.ui.log(
301 `auto-compact skipped (${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)})`,
302 );
303 } finally {
304 compacting = false;
305 }
306 return next(event);
307 });
308};
309
310export { resolveOptions };
311src/compact.ts 310 lines1import { noulAnswer } from './request.js';
2import { collectToolCalls, estimateTokens, fitState } from './state.js';
3import type {
4 CallAnswer,
5 CallDecision,
6 CompactOptions,
7 CompactResult,
8 CompactionState,
9 JevAsker,
10 JevQuestions,
11 Message,
12 ResolvedCompactOptions,
13 ToolCall,
14 ToolUse,
15} from './types.js';
16
17export const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: ResolvedCompactOptions = {
18 goal: '',
19 keepThreshold: 0.5,
20 preserveRecentMessages: 6,
21 maxStateTokens: 25_000,
22 maxRequestTokens: 30_000,
23 truncateHeadChars: 300,
24};
25
26/** Tokens the request envelope (`model`, key names) adds around state and questions. */
27const REQUEST_OVERHEAD_TOKENS = 20;
28
29function finite(value: number | undefined, fallback: number): number {
30 return typeof value === 'number' && Number.isFinite(value) ? value : fallback;
31}
32
33export function resolveOptions(options: CompactOptions = {}): ResolvedCompactOptions {
34 return {
35 goal: options.goal ?? DEFAULT_OPTIONS.goal,
36 keepThreshold: finite(options.keepThreshold, DEFAULT_OPTIONS.keepThreshold),
37 preserveRecentMessages: Math.max(
38 0,
39 Math.floor(
40 finite(options.preserveRecentMessages, DEFAULT_OPTIONS.preserveRecentMessages),
41 ),
42 ),
43 maxStateTokens: Math.max(1, finite(options.maxStateTokens, DEFAULT_OPTIONS.maxStateTokens)),
44 maxRequestTokens: Math.max(
45 1,
46 finite(options.maxRequestTokens, DEFAULT_OPTIONS.maxRequestTokens),
47 ),
48 truncateHeadChars: Math.max(
49 0,
50 Math.floor(finite(options.truncateHeadChars, DEFAULT_OPTIONS.truncateHeadChars)),
51 ),
52 };
53}
54
55/** The two `noul` questions asked about one call: keep the call, keep its result. */
56export function questionsFor(call: ToolCall): JevQuestions {
57 return {
58 [`call_${call.id}`]: {
59 type: 'noul',
60 instructions: `Tool call ${call.id} (${call.tool}) should stay in the history: knowing this call was made, with its input, still matters for what the assistant does next`,
61 },
62 [`result_${call.id}`]: {
63 type: 'noul',
64 instructions: `The full output of tool call ${call.id} (${call.tool}, ${call.resultChars} chars) should stay in the history verbatim: the assistant still needs its contents and re-running the tool would not do`,
65 },
66 };
67}
68
69/**
70 * Splits the candidate calls into batches whose questions, together with the
71 * (always complete) state, fit one request.
72 */
73export function batchCalls(
74 calls: readonly ToolCall[],
75 stateTokens: number,
76 options: Pick<ResolvedCompactOptions, 'maxRequestTokens'>,
77): ToolCall[][] {
78 const budget = options.maxRequestTokens - stateTokens - REQUEST_OVERHEAD_TOKENS;
79 const batches: ToolCall[][] = [];
80 let current: ToolCall[] = [];
81 let currentTokens = 0;
82 for (const call of calls) {
83 const tokens = estimateTokens(JSON.stringify(questionsFor(call)));
84 if (current.length > 0 && currentTokens + tokens > budget) {
85 batches.push(current);
86 current = [];
87 currentTokens = 0;
88 }
89 if (current.length === 0 && tokens > budget) {
90 throw new Error(
91 `state leaves no room for questions (~${stateTokens} of ${options.maxRequestTokens} tokens)`,
92 );
93 }
94 current.push(call);
95 currentTokens += tokens;
96 }
97 if (current.length > 0) batches.push(current);
98 return batches;
99}
100
101export function decideCall(
102 call: Pick<ToolCall, 'id' | 'tool' | 'pinned'>,
103 answer: CallAnswer,
104 options: Pick<ResolvedCompactOptions, 'keepThreshold'>,
105): CallDecision {
106 const base = { id: call.id, tool: call.tool, ...answer };
107 if (call.pinned) return { ...base, action: 'keep', reason: 'pinned' };
108 if (answer.keepResult >= options.keepThreshold) {
109 return { ...base, action: 'keep', reason: 'kept' };
110 }
111 if (answer.keepCall >= options.keepThreshold) {
112 return { ...base, action: 'drop_result', reason: 'result_dropped' };
113 }
114 return { ...base, action: 'drop_call', reason: 'call_dropped' };
115}
116
117async function askBatch(
118 asker: JevAsker,
119 state: CompactionState,
120 batch: readonly ToolCall[],
121): Promise<Map<string, CallAnswer>> {
122 const questions: JevQuestions = Object.assign({}, ...batch.map(questionsFor));
123 const { answers } = await asker.ask(state, questions);
124 return new Map(
125 batch.map((call) => [
126 call.id,
127 {
128 keepCall: noulAnswer(answers, `call_${call.id}`),
129 keepResult: noulAnswer(answers, `result_${call.id}`),
130 },
131 ]),
132 );
133}
134
135function truncatedResultText(text: string, isError: boolean, headChars: number): string {
136 if (text.length <= headChars + 120) return text;
137 const head = headChars > 0 ? `${text.slice(0, headChars)}\n` : '';
138 return `${head}[fast-jev-compaction truncated ${text.length - headChars} chars of this tool result${
139 isError ? ' (error)' : ''
140 }; re-run the tool if needed]`;
141}
142
143/**
144 * Rebuilds the conversation from the decisions. A dropped call disappears
145 * together with its result; a dropped result keeps a bounded head and note.
146 * Messages that lose all their content are removed; untouched messages are
147 * returned as the same objects they came in as.
148 */
149export function applyDecisions(
150 messages: readonly Message[],
151 decisions: readonly CallDecision[],
152 calls: readonly ToolCall[],
153 headChars: number,
154): Message[] {
155 const byId = new Map(calls.map((call) => [call.id, call]));
156 const actions = new Map<string, CallDecision['action']>();
157 for (const decision of decisions) {
158 const call = byId.get(decision.id);
159 if (call && decision.action !== 'keep') actions.set(call.tool_use_id, decision.action);
160 }
161 const kept: Message[] = [];
162 for (const message of messages) {
163 const touched =
164 message.toolUses.some((tool) => actions.has(tool.tool_use_id)) ||
165 (message.toolResults ?? []).some((result) => actions.has(result.tool_use_id));
166 if (!touched) {
167 kept.push(message);
168 continue;
169 }
170 const toolUses = message.toolUses
171 .filter((tool) => actions.get(tool.tool_use_id) !== 'drop_call')
172 .map((tool) => {
173 if (actions.get(tool.tool_use_id) !== 'drop_result') return tool;
174 const text = truncatedResultText(
175 tool.text ?? '',
176 tool.isError ?? false,
177 headChars,
178 );
179 if ((tool.text ?? '') === text) return tool;
180 const copy: ToolUse = {
181 tool_use_id: tool.tool_use_id,
182 tool: tool.tool,
183 input: tool.input,
184 text,
185 };
186 if (tool.isError) copy.isError = true;
187 return copy;
188 });
189 const toolResults = (message.toolResults ?? [])
190 .filter((result) => actions.get(result.tool_use_id) !== 'drop_call')
191 .map((result) => {
192 if (actions.get(result.tool_use_id) !== 'drop_result') return result;
193 const text = truncatedResultText(result.text, result.isError ?? false, headChars);
194 return text === result.text
195 ? result
196 : {
197 tool_use_id: result.tool_use_id,
198 text,
199 isError: result.isError,
200 };
201 });
202 if (
203 !message.toolUses.some(
204 (tool) => actions.get(tool.tool_use_id) === 'drop_call',
205 ) &&
206 !(message.toolResults ?? []).some(
207 (result) => actions.get(result.tool_use_id) === 'drop_call',
208 ) &&
209 toolUses.every((tool, index) => tool === message.toolUses[index]) &&
210 toolResults.every(
211 (result, index) => result === message.toolResults?.[index],
212 )
213 ) {
214 kept.push(message);
215 continue;
216 }
217 if (message.text.trim().length === 0 && toolUses.length === 0 && toolResults.length === 0) {
218 continue;
219 }
220 const rebuilt: Message = { role: message.role, text: message.text, toolUses };
221 if (toolResults.length > 0) rebuilt.toolResults = toolResults;
222 kept.push(rebuilt);
223 }
224 return kept;
225}
226
227/** Characters of text, tool input and tool output a message holds. */
228export function messageChars(message: Message): number {
229 let total = message.text.length;
230 for (const tool of message.toolUses) {
231 try {
232 total += JSON.stringify(tool.input).length;
233 } catch {
234 total += 20;
235 }
236 }
237 for (const result of message.toolResults ?? []) total += result.text.length;
238 return total;
239}
240
241export function reductionRatio(result: Pick<CompactResult, 'stats'>): number {
242 const { charsBefore, charsAfter } = result.stats;
243 return charsBefore === 0 ? 0 : (charsBefore - charsAfter) / charsBefore;
244}
245
246function count(decisions: readonly CallDecision[], reason: CallDecision['reason']): number {
247 return decisions.filter((decision) => decision.reason === reason).length;
248}
249
250/**
251 * Compacts a transcript by asking Jev, for every tool call outside the pinned
252 * first and newest messages, whether the call and whether its result must
253 * stay. The whole history (results omitted, fitted into `maxStateTokens`) is
254 * sent as state with every batch of questions. Throws when Jev fails or the
255 * history cannot be fitted; the caller decides whether to fall back.
256 */
257export async function compact(
258 messages: readonly Message[],
259 asker: JevAsker,
260 options: CompactOptions = {},
261): Promise<CompactResult> {
262 const started = Date.now();
263 const resolved = resolveOptions(options);
264 const calls = collectToolCalls(messages, resolved.preserveRecentMessages);
265 const candidates = calls.filter((call) => !call.pinned);
266 const charsBefore = messages.reduce((sum, message) => sum + messageChars(message), 0);
267
268 let fitted: { tokens: number; stage: string } = { tokens: 0, stage: '' };
269 let batches: ToolCall[][] = [];
270 const answers = new Map<string, CallAnswer>();
271 if (candidates.length > 0) {
272 const state = fitState(messages, calls, resolved);
273 fitted = state;
274 batches = batchCalls(candidates, state.tokens, resolved);
275 const answered = await Promise.all(
276 batches.map((batch) => askBatch(asker, state.state, batch)),
277 );
278 for (const map of answered) for (const [id, answer] of map) answers.set(id, answer);
279 }
280
281 const decisions = calls.map((call) =>
282 decideCall(call, answers.get(call.id) ?? { keepCall: 1, keepResult: 1 }, resolved),
283 );
284 const kept = applyDecisions(
285 messages,
286 decisions,
287 calls,
288 resolved.truncateHeadChars,
289 );
290 return {
291 messages: kept,
292 decisions,
293 stats: {
294 messagesBefore: messages.length,
295 messagesAfter: kept.length,
296 charsBefore,
297 charsAfter: kept.reduce((sum, message) => sum + messageChars(message), 0),
298 calls: calls.length,
299 kept: count(decisions, 'kept'),
300 resultsDropped: count(decisions, 'result_dropped'),
301 callsDropped: count(decisions, 'call_dropped'),
302 pinned: count(decisions, 'pinned'),
303 stateTokens: fitted.tokens,
304 stateStage: fitted.stage,
305 requests: batches.length,
306 ms: Date.now() - started,
307 },
308 };
309}
310src/request.ts 81 lines1import type { JevAnswer, JevQuestions, JevResponse, JevState } from './types.js';
2
3export const SYSTEM_ONE_URL = 'https://api.typesafe.ai/v1/systemone';
4export const DEFAULT_MODEL = 'jev-latest';
5
6export interface JevRequest {
7 url: string;
8 method: 'POST';
9 headers: Record<string, string>;
10 body: string;
11}
12
13/** The HTTP request for one Jev call, for any fetch-like transport. */
14export function buildJevRequest(
15 params: {
16 apiKey: string;
17 model?: string;
18 baseUrl?: string;
19 },
20 state: JevState,
21 questions: JevQuestions,
22): JevRequest {
23 return {
24 url: params.baseUrl ?? SYSTEM_ONE_URL,
25 method: 'POST',
26 headers: {
27 authorization: `Bearer ${params.apiKey}`,
28 'content-type': 'application/json',
29 },
30 body: JSON.stringify({
31 model: params.model ?? DEFAULT_MODEL,
32 state,
33 questions,
34 }),
35 };
36}
37
38/** Validates a Jev response body; throws on anything but an `answers` object. */
39export function parseJevResponse(
40 status: number,
41 ok: boolean,
42 text: string,
43): JevResponse {
44 if (!ok) {
45 throw new Error(`Jev request failed (${status}): ${text.slice(0, 200)}`);
46 }
47 let parsed: unknown;
48 try {
49 parsed = JSON.parse(text);
50 } catch {
51 throw new Error('Jev returned malformed JSON');
52 }
53 if (
54 parsed === null ||
55 typeof parsed !== 'object' ||
56 !('answers' in parsed) ||
57 parsed.answers === null ||
58 typeof parsed.answers !== 'object'
59 ) {
60 throw new Error('Jev response is missing answers');
61 }
62 return parsed as JevResponse;
63}
64
65/** The `noul` probability of one answer; throws when it is not there. */
66export function noulAnswer(
67 answers: Record<string, JevAnswer>,
68 name: string,
69): number {
70 const answer = answers[name];
71 if (
72 !answer ||
73 !('noul' in answer) ||
74 typeof answer.noul !== 'number' ||
75 !Number.isFinite(answer.noul)
76 ) {
77 throw new Error(`Invalid Jev answer for ${name}`);
78 }
79 return answer.noul;
80}
81src/types.ts 203 lines1export type Role = 'user' | 'assistant';
2
3/**
4 * A tool_use block of an assistant message. `text` and `isError` mirror the
5 * outcome once the transcript holds it (Claude Code attaches them).
6 */
7export interface ToolUse {
8 tool_use_id: string;
9 tool: string;
10 input: Record<string, unknown>;
11 text?: string;
12 isError?: boolean;
13}
14
15/** A tool_result block of a user message. */
16export interface ToolResult {
17 tool_use_id: string;
18 text: string;
19 isError?: boolean;
20}
21
22/**
23 * One transcript message. The shape is a subset of Claude Code's
24 * `SessionMessage`, so a session transcript can be passed in as is.
25 */
26export interface Message {
27 role: Role;
28 text: string;
29 toolUses: ToolUse[];
30 toolResults?: ToolResult[];
31}
32
33/** A tool call paired with its result by `tool_use_id`. */
34export interface ToolCall {
35 /** Short id used in the Jev state and question names (`t1`, `t2`, ...). */
36 id: string;
37 tool_use_id: string;
38 tool: string;
39 input: Record<string, unknown>;
40 /** Index of the message holding the tool_use block. */
41 callIndex: number;
42 /** Index of the message holding the tool_result block. */
43 resultIndex: number;
44 resultChars: number;
45 isError: boolean;
46 /** In the first or the newest preserved messages; never a candidate. */
47 pinned: boolean;
48}
49
50export interface CallAnswer {
51 /** Jev's probability that the call itself still matters. */
52 keepCall: number;
53 /** Jev's probability that the full result still needs to stay verbatim. */
54 keepResult: number;
55}
56
57export type CallAction = 'keep' | 'drop_result' | 'drop_call';
58
59export interface CallDecision extends CallAnswer {
60 id: string;
61 tool: string;
62 action: CallAction;
63 reason: 'pinned' | 'kept' | 'result_dropped' | 'call_dropped';
64}
65
66export interface HistoryToolCall {
67 id: string;
68 tool: string;
69 input: string;
70 result: string;
71}
72
73export interface HistoryEntry {
74 i: number;
75 role: Role;
76 text: string;
77 /** Structured per call, or one compact line per call once the state has to shrink. */
78 tool_calls?: HistoryToolCall[] | string[];
79}
80
81/** The state sent with every Jev request: the whole history, results omitted. */
82export interface CompactionState {
83 context: string;
84 goal: string;
85 history: HistoryEntry[];
86}
87
88export interface FittedState {
89 state: CompactionState;
90 tokens: number;
91 /** Which fitting stage produced the state, for diagnostics. */
92 stage: string;
93}
94
95export interface CompactOptions {
96 /** Ongoing task description; defaults to the last few user prompts. */
97 goal?: string;
98 /** Minimum keep probability for a call or result to stay. Default 0.5. */
99 keepThreshold?: number;
100 /** Newest messages never touched (the first message is always kept). Default 6. */
101 preserveRecentMessages?: number;
102 /** Estimated token ceiling for the state. Default 25000. */
103 maxStateTokens?: number;
104 /** Estimated token ceiling for state plus one batch of questions. Default 30000. */
105 maxRequestTokens?: number;
106 /** Characters of a dropped tool result to retain. Default 300. */
107 truncateHeadChars?: number;
108}
109
110export interface ResolvedCompactOptions {
111 goal: string;
112 keepThreshold: number;
113 preserveRecentMessages: number;
114 maxStateTokens: number;
115 maxRequestTokens: number;
116 truncateHeadChars: number;
117}
118
119export interface CompactResult {
120 /** The compacted transcript; untouched messages are the input objects. */
121 messages: Message[];
122 decisions: CallDecision[];
123 stats: {
124 messagesBefore: number;
125 messagesAfter: number;
126 charsBefore: number;
127 charsAfter: number;
128 calls: number;
129 kept: number;
130 resultsDropped: number;
131 callsDropped: number;
132 pinned: number;
133 stateTokens: number;
134 /** Which fitting stage the state needed, '' when no request was made. */
135 stateStage: string;
136 requests: number;
137 ms: number;
138 };
139}
140
141/** The `state` of a Jev request: a string or any JSON-serialisable object. */
142export type JevState = string | object;
143
144export interface NoulQuestion {
145 type: 'noul';
146 instructions: string;
147 criteria?: {
148 true?: string;
149 false?: string;
150 };
151}
152
153export interface ChoiceQuestion {
154 type: 'choice';
155 instructions: string;
156 criteria: Record<string, string | null>;
157}
158
159export interface ScoreQuestion {
160 type: 'score';
161 instructions: string;
162 criteria: string[];
163}
164
165export type JevQuestion = NoulQuestion | ChoiceQuestion | ScoreQuestion;
166export type JevQuestions = Record<string, JevQuestion>;
167
168export interface NoulAnswer {
169 type?: 'noul';
170 noul: number;
171}
172
173export interface ChoiceAnswer {
174 type?: 'choice';
175 choice: string;
176 confidence: number;
177 probabilities: Record<string, number>;
178}
179
180export interface ScoreAnswer {
181 type?: 'score';
182 score: number;
183 confidence: number;
184 probabilities: Record<string, number>;
185}
186
187export type JevAnswer = NoulAnswer | ChoiceAnswer | ScoreAnswer;
188
189export interface JevResponse {
190 model?: string;
191 answers: Record<string, JevAnswer>;
192 usage?: {
193 input_tokens?: number;
194 output_tokens?: number;
195 };
196 [key: string]: unknown;
197}
198
199/** Anything that can answer Jev questions: `JevClient`, or a host-provided adapter. */
200export interface JevAsker {
201 ask(state: JevState, questions: JevQuestions): Promise<JevResponse>;
202}
203src/state.ts 305 lines1import type {
2 CompactionState,
3 FittedState,
4 HistoryEntry,
5 Message,
6 ResolvedCompactOptions,
7 ToolCall,
8 ToolResult,
9} from './types.js';
10
11export const STATE_CONTEXT =
12 'A coding assistant conversation is being compacted to free context. `history` is the whole conversation so far, oldest first; tool outputs are replaced by a short `result` note and long texts may be abridged. Each question asks whether one tool call, or the full output of that call, still needs to stay in the history verbatim. Whatever is not kept is deleted permanently, but the assistant can always re-run a tool or re-read a file.';
13
14/** Successive caps on the serialised tool input included per call. */
15const INPUT_CHARS = [1000, 200, 60] as const;
16const TEXT_HEAD = 400;
17const TEXT_TAIL = 150;
18
19const TOKEN_PIECES = /[A-Za-z]+|\d+|[^\sA-Za-z\d]/g;
20
21/**
22 * Estimates tokens without a tokenizer: a word costs one token per six
23 * letters, a digit half a token, any other symbol nine tenths. Calibrated
24 * against the usage Jev reports for real transcripts, where it lands 2–18%
25 * above the true count; a plain characters-per-token ratio undercounts the
26 * JSON-heavy states by up to 40%.
27 */
28export function estimateTokens(text: string): number {
29 let tokens = 0;
30 for (const [piece] of text.matchAll(TOKEN_PIECES)) {
31 const first = piece.charCodeAt(0);
32 if (first >= 48 && first <= 57) tokens += piece.length / 2;
33 else if ((first >= 65 && first <= 90) || (first >= 97 && first <= 122)) {
34 tokens += 1 + Math.floor((piece.length - 1) / 6);
35 } else tokens += 0.9;
36 }
37 return Math.ceil(tokens);
38}
39
40export function truncate(text: string, limit: number): string {
41 return text.length <= limit ? text : `${text.slice(0, Math.max(0, limit - 1))}…`;
42}
43
44function abridge(text: string, head: number, tail: number): string {
45 if (text.length <= head + tail + 40) return text;
46 const omitted = text.length - head - tail;
47 return `${text.slice(0, head)}\n[… ${omitted} chars omitted …]\n${text.slice(-tail)}`;
48}
49
50export function isPinned(
51 index: number,
52 total: number,
53 preserveRecentMessages: number,
54): boolean {
55 return index === 0 || index >= total - preserveRecentMessages;
56}
57
58/**
59 * Pairs every tool_use with its tool_result by `tool_use_id`. Calls without a
60 * result are not candidates (there is nothing to drop yet).
61 */
62export function collectToolCalls(
63 messages: readonly Message[],
64 preserveRecentMessages: number,
65): ToolCall[] {
66 const results = new Map<string, { index: number; result: ToolResult }>();
67 messages.forEach((message, index) => {
68 for (const result of message.toolResults ?? []) {
69 results.set(result.tool_use_id, { index, result });
70 }
71 });
72 const calls: ToolCall[] = [];
73 messages.forEach((message, callIndex) => {
74 for (const tool of message.toolUses) {
75 const found = results.get(tool.tool_use_id);
76 if (!found) continue;
77 calls.push({
78 id: `t${calls.length + 1}`,
79 tool_use_id: tool.tool_use_id,
80 tool: tool.tool,
81 input: tool.input,
82 callIndex,
83 resultIndex: found.index,
84 resultChars: found.result.text.length,
85 isError: found.result.isError ?? false,
86 pinned:
87 isPinned(callIndex, messages.length, preserveRecentMessages) ||
88 isPinned(found.index, messages.length, preserveRecentMessages),
89 });
90 }
91 });
92 return calls;
93}
94
95function inputText(input: Record<string, unknown>, limit: number): string {
96 let json = '';
97 try {
98 json = JSON.stringify(input);
99 } catch {
100 json = '[unserializable input]';
101 }
102 return truncate(json, limit);
103}
104
105function resultNote(call: ToolCall): string {
106 return `${call.isError ? 'error' : 'ok'}, ${call.resultChars} chars (omitted)`;
107}
108
109/** One call as a single line, for when the structured form is too costly. */
110function compactCall(call: ToolCall): string {
111 const input = Object.entries(call.input)
112 .map(([key, value]) => {
113 const text = typeof value === 'string' ? value : inputText({ [key]: value }, 200);
114 return `${key}=${text.replace(/\s+/g, ' ')}`;
115 })
116 .join(' ');
117 return `${call.id} ${call.tool} ${truncate(input, INPUT_CHARS[2])} → ${
118 call.isError ? 'error' : 'ok'
119 } ${call.resultChars}ch`;
120}
121
122/**
123 * Folds runs of adjacent call-only entries into one entry each, so the
124 * per-entry envelope is paid once per run; the call lines keep their ids.
125 */
126function mergeCallRuns(history: readonly HistoryEntry[], pinned: (e: HistoryEntry) => boolean): HistoryEntry[] {
127 const merged: HistoryEntry[] = [];
128 for (const entry of history) {
129 const previous = merged[merged.length - 1];
130 const foldable = (e: HistoryEntry): boolean =>
131 !pinned(e) && e.text.length === 0 && typeof e.tool_calls?.[0] === 'string';
132 if (previous && foldable(previous) && foldable(entry) && previous.role === entry.role) {
133 previous.tool_calls = [...(previous.tool_calls as string[]), ...(entry.tool_calls as string[])];
134 continue;
135 }
136 merged.push({ ...entry });
137 }
138 return merged;
139}
140
141function callsByMessage(calls: readonly ToolCall[]): Map<number, ToolCall[]> {
142 const byMessage = new Map<number, ToolCall[]>();
143 for (const call of calls) {
144 const list = byMessage.get(call.callIndex) ?? [];
145 list.push(call);
146 byMessage.set(call.callIndex, list);
147 }
148 return byMessage;
149}
150
151function historyEntries(
152 messages: readonly Message[],
153 calls: readonly ToolCall[],
154 inputChars: number,
155): HistoryEntry[] {
156 const byMessage = callsByMessage(calls);
157 const entries: HistoryEntry[] = [];
158 messages.forEach((message, i) => {
159 const toolCalls = (byMessage.get(i) ?? []).map((call) => ({
160 id: call.id,
161 tool: call.tool,
162 input: inputText(call.input, inputChars),
163 result: resultNote(call),
164 }));
165 if (message.text.trim().length === 0 && toolCalls.length === 0) return;
166 const entry: HistoryEntry = { i, role: message.role, text: message.text };
167 if (toolCalls.length > 0) entry.tool_calls = toolCalls;
168 entries.push(entry);
169 });
170 return entries;
171}
172
173/** The last three user prompts, as the default `goal`. */
174export function goalFromMessages(messages: readonly Message[]): string {
175 return messages
176 .filter(
177 (message) =>
178 message.role === 'user' &&
179 message.text.trim().length > 0 &&
180 (message.toolResults ?? []).length === 0,
181 )
182 .slice(-3)
183 .map((message) => truncate(message.text, 500))
184 .join('\n');
185}
186
187/**
188 * Builds the Jev state from the whole conversation and shrinks it in stages
189 * until it fits `maxStateTokens`: tool inputs are truncated, then long texts
190 * are abridged oldest-first (pinned messages last), then old messages collapse
191 * to a one-line note, then old tool calls shrink to one line each, then old
192 * messages that carry no call are left out, then runs of old call-only
193 * messages are folded into one entry. Throws when even that is too big.
194 */
195export function fitState(
196 messages: readonly Message[],
197 calls: readonly ToolCall[],
198 options: Pick<ResolvedCompactOptions, 'maxStateTokens' | 'preserveRecentMessages' | 'goal'>,
199): FittedState {
200 const goal = options.goal || goalFromMessages(messages);
201 const stateOf = (history: HistoryEntry[]): CompactionState => ({
202 context: STATE_CONTEXT,
203 goal,
204 history,
205 });
206 const entryTokens = (entry: HistoryEntry): number => estimateTokens(JSON.stringify(entry)) + 1;
207 const baseTokens = estimateTokens(JSON.stringify(stateOf([])));
208 const fitted = (history: HistoryEntry[], tokens: number, stage: string): FittedState => ({
209 state: stateOf(history),
210 tokens,
211 stage,
212 });
213
214 let history: HistoryEntry[] = [];
215 let perEntry: number[] = [];
216 let tokens = 0;
217 const rebuild = (inputChars: number): void => {
218 history = historyEntries(messages, calls, inputChars);
219 perEntry = history.map(entryTokens);
220 tokens = baseTokens + perEntry.reduce((sum, n) => sum + n, 0);
221 };
222 const fits = (): boolean => tokens <= options.maxStateTokens;
223 const shrink = (index: number, change: (entry: HistoryEntry) => void): void => {
224 const entry = history[index];
225 if (!entry) return;
226 change(entry);
227 const now = entryTokens(entry);
228 tokens += now - (perEntry[index] ?? 0);
229 perEntry[index] = now;
230 };
231
232 rebuild(INPUT_CHARS[0]);
233 if (fits()) return fitted(history, tokens, 'full');
234
235 for (const limit of INPUT_CHARS.slice(1)) {
236 rebuild(limit);
237 if (fits()) return fitted(history, tokens, `inputs<=${limit}`);
238 }
239
240 const pinned = (entry: HistoryEntry): boolean =>
241 isPinned(entry.i, messages.length, options.preserveRecentMessages);
242 const indices = history.map((_, index) => index);
243 const order = [
244 ...indices.filter((index) => !pinned(history[index]!)),
245 ...indices.filter((index) => pinned(history[index]!)),
246 ];
247
248 for (const index of order) {
249 const entry = history[index]!;
250 if (entry.text.length <= TEXT_HEAD + TEXT_TAIL + 40) continue;
251 shrink(index, (e) => {
252 e.text = abridge(e.text, TEXT_HEAD, TEXT_TAIL);
253 });
254 if (fits()) return fitted(history, tokens, 'texts abridged');
255 }
256
257 for (const index of order) {
258 const entry = history[index]!;
259 if (pinned(entry) || entry.text.length === 0) continue;
260 const original = messages[entry.i]?.text.length ?? entry.text.length;
261 shrink(index, (e) => {
262 e.text = `[… ${original} chars omitted …]`;
263 });
264 if (fits()) return fitted(history, tokens, 'old messages collapsed');
265 }
266
267 const byMessage = callsByMessage(calls);
268 for (const index of order) {
269 const entry = history[index]!;
270 const own = byMessage.get(entry.i);
271 if (pinned(entry) || !own) continue;
272 shrink(index, (e) => {
273 e.tool_calls = own.map(compactCall);
274 });
275 if (fits()) return fitted(history, tokens, 'old calls compacted');
276 }
277
278 const left = new Set<number>();
279 for (const index of order) {
280 const entry = history[index]!;
281 if (pinned(entry) || entry.tool_calls) continue;
282 left.add(index);
283 tokens -= perEntry[index] ?? 0;
284 if (fits()) {
285 return fitted(
286 history.filter((_, i) => !left.has(i)),
287 tokens,
288 'old messages left out',
289 );
290 }
291 }
292
293 history = mergeCallRuns(
294 history.filter((_, i) => !left.has(i)),
295 pinned,
296 );
297 perEntry = history.map(entryTokens);
298 tokens = baseTokens + perEntry.reduce((sum, n) => sum + n, 0);
299 if (fits()) return fitted(history, tokens, 'old calls merged');
300
301 throw new Error(
302 `history too large for Jev (~${tokens} tokens after truncation, limit ${options.maxStateTokens})`,
303 );
304}
305