Moves compaction from Claude to Gemini: in summary mode Gemini summarizes the conversation and the newest messages stay verbatim, in prune mode every message…

When the context fills up, Claude compacts it with one more Claude request: it reads the whole context and writes a summary, and that request counts against your Claude usage. This mod hands that job to Gemini. It has two modes:
The prune idea follows fast-jev-compaction by Tamara Tran (tamaratran/fast-jev-compaction), which asks TypeSafe Jev. The code here is new and asks Gemini.
Both modes replace the Claude request of the built-in compaction with a Gemini request.
After the compaction, every Claude request reads what is left. In summary mode that is the summary and the newest messages, close to what the built-in summary leaves. In prune mode it is every message of the conversation less the dropped tool output, which is larger, so each following request reads more. The sizes were not measured on a long session.
Pick summary mode to save the most Claude usage. Pick prune mode when the exact wording of every message matters more than the size.
/compact, at the engine's own compaction, and after a main-loop turn that ends with an answer and the context over the threshold, the session.compact hook takes the conversation.generateContent request sends everything before the cut to Gemini: every message, and each call with its input and its full output. When the text is over summaryMaxInputChars (2,000,000 characters by default), the longest outputs are cut to one common length, each keeping its head and tail; a conversation over the limit even without any output fails./compact goes to Gemini with it.In both modes gemini-core builds the request with the key, the model and the thinking level it holds for gemini-compact, and reads the answer. After an HTTP 503 ("high demand") the mod asks again after 1 s, 2 s and 3 s, at most four attempts in all, and no attempt starts whose wait would end past 60 s. After a 429 or a key error, gemini-core hands over the request with its next key, when it holds one.
In a live check on 2.1.277, /compact took 2.6 seconds with gemini-3.5-flash-lite, Claude sent no compaction request, and after it the model named a word and a file that appeared only in the summarized part.
session.compact hook.c1, c2, ...). With no such call, the built-in summary runs.generateContent request sends the conversation to Gemini: every message, and each call with its input and its full output. Over maxInputChars (400,000 characters by default) the longest outputs are cut the same way as in summary mode. A response schema allows exactly one answer per id: keep, truncate or drop.keep: the call and its output stay.truncate: the call stays, and the output keeps its first 300 characters and one line that says it was cut. An output at most 120 characters longer than that stays whole.drop: the call and its output go. A note on the nearest assistant message names the removed calls, for example [gemini-compact removed 1 earlier tool call(s) and their output after a compaction; they ran: Bash(ls -la /usr/bin)]. Without the note, the model read a reply whose work was gone and said it had never done that work (measured on 2.1.277).In a live check on 2.1.277, /compact took 1.1 seconds with gemini-3.5-flash-lite. Gemini dropped an ls listing and kept the cat output of a file the user was about to edit, and the conversation became 93% smaller.
One line in the transcript, not sent to the model, and a toast that stays for 15 seconds:
gemini-compact: summary: 58 → 7 messages · 91% smaller · 312k in, 5k out gemini-compact: kept 9/11 messages · 93% smaller · 1 dropped, 0 truncated · 5k in, 59 out gemini-compact: built-in summary: under 25% smaller (kept 14/16 messages · 3% smaller · ...) gemini-compact: built-in summary: Gemini HTTP 429: Resource has been exhausted
On the free tier the toast adds · sent to Gemini free tier. An automatic compaction the engine skips or that fails writes one line too (automatic compaction skipped: ..., automatic compaction failed: ...).
/gemini-compact on or off, mode, the model and thinking level gemini-core holds, threshold, tier, whether a key is set, the last result /gemini-compact on | off off leaves every compaction to the built-in summary; on is refused while gemini-core has no key /gemini-compact mode summary | mode prune /gemini-compact at <1-99> compact after a turn that ends with the context over this percentage /gemini-compact at off no automatic compaction; /compact and the engine's own compaction still ask Gemini /gemini-compact reset back to the plugin options, and off
The mod is off after an install: every compaction is the built-in one, none starts on the mod's threshold, and nothing goes to Gemini until /gemini-compact on. The command settings are kept across sessions and take effect at once. After a compaction it started, the mod starts no other one until a turn ends with the context under the threshold, so a context that stays over it does not compact after every turn.
The key, the tier, the model (default gemini-3.5-flash-lite) and the thinking level belong to gemini-core:
/gemini-core model compact gemini-3.5-flash /gemini-core thinking compact low /gemini-core paid
The conversation holds your prompts, the commands the model ran and the contents of the files it read. On the free tier Google may use them and human reviewers may read them; the gemini-core README quotes the Gemini API Additional Terms. On a project you would not show to Google, use a key with billing enabled and set /gemini-core paid. No mod can tell which tier a key is on; the tier setting only chooses the warning.
Google AI Studio shows the free tier limits per model; the documentation does not. They were not measured. A summary of a long conversation is one large request, so a per-minute token limit can refuse it with HTTP 429; the built-in summary then runs.
claude plugin marketplace add KilimcininKorOglu/claude-code-mods claude plugin install gemini-compact@kilimcininkoroglu-mods
It depends on gemini-core, which claude plugin install adds. Function hooks are early access. Claude Code 2.1.288 and later load them by default, so there is nothing to switch on.
To load it from a local checkout for one session, put gemini-core beside it:
claude --plugin-dir plugins/gemini-core --plugin-dir plugins/gemini-compact
/gemini-compact on. Without a key it answers still off: gemini-core has no Gemini key and stays off./gemini-compact. The first line reads on · summary · <model> · thinking ... · automatic at 60% · <tier> tier · key set./compact once. The transcript line should start with gemini-compact: summary:. A line that starts with built-in summary: names why Gemini was not used.After an update from 0.2.x: claude plugin update does not add gemini-core (measured on 2.1.278), so run claude plugin install gemini-core@kilimcininkoroglu-mods once. Version 0.3.0 moved the key, tier and model to gemini-core; the apiKey, tier and model options and the settings /gemini-compact free|paid|model stored before are no longer read, so set them again in gemini-core. The mode and at settings stay. Version 0.4.0 made the mod off by default: after an update from an earlier version it is off unless you ran /gemini-compact on before, so run /gemini-compact on once.
| Option | Default | What it sets |
|---|---|---|
mode | summary | summary or prune; /gemini-compact mode overrides it |
compactAtPercent | 60 | The automatic threshold, 0 to 99; 0 turns it off; /gemini-compact at overrides it |
keepRecent | 6 | Newest messages kept verbatim (summary) or whose calls are never sent for a decision (prune); 0 to 1000 |
minReduction | 0.25 | Prune mode: below this fraction (0 to 1) the built-in summary runs |
headChars | 300 | Prune mode: characters kept of a truncated output; 0 to 100,000 |
maxInputChars | 400000 | Prune mode: characters sent to Gemini at most; 10,000 to 4,000,000 |
summaryMaxInputChars | 2000000 | Summary mode: characters sent to Gemini at most; 10,000 to 4,000,000 |
A value outside its range falls back to the default.
Validated with claude plugin validate on Claude Code 2.1.283:
❯ ./register.ts hooks: session.start, command.run{command=gemini-compact}, session.compact, turn.complete ❯ ./register.ts calls: $.clock.now (via askGemini), $.clock.sleep (via askGemini), $.command.register, $.gemini.enroll, $.gemini.read (via askGemini), $.gemini.request (via askGemini), $.gemini.settings (via compactWithGemini, runCommand, storePatch), $.http.fetch (via askGemini), $.session.compact (via maybeCompact), $.session.usage (via maybeCompact), $.store.delete (via runCommand), $.store.get (via loadConfig), $.store.set (via storePatch), $.ui.log, $.ui.toast (via report)
Reach L3, reaches the network.
precompute) also asks Gemini. Whether the engine reuses that result for the compaction that follows was not measured.claude plugin test passes no trigger to a $.session.compact() call. The plugin trigger and the hook that answers it were measured in a live session.make install # eslint, typescript-eslint, typescript make lint # complexity limit 10, the build fails above it make typecheck # needs .claude/types/ from /plugin-types make validate make test # claude plugin test
hooks/register.ts 202 lines1import type { EngineInterface, Register, SessionCompactInput, SessionMessage } from 'claude-code'
2import { actionsByUse, applyActions, sizeOf } from './apply.ts'
3import { changeText, NO_KEY_ON, parseCommand, RESET_TEXT, STORE_KEYS, statusText, storedValue, type Patch, type Settings } from './command.ts'
4import { CONSUMER, configFrom, DEADLINE_MS, DEFAULT_MODEL, outcomeText, summaryOutcomeText, type Config } from './config.ts'
5import { buildPruneBody, buildSummaryBody, type Answer } from './gemini.ts'
6import { collectCalls, parseDecisions, renderTranscript } from './prune.ts'
7import { parseSummary, summaryMessage, tailStart } from './summary.ts'
8
9/**
10 * What the hooks share: whether a compaction this mod started runs, whether
11 * the context was under the threshold since the last one it started (so a
12 * context that stays over it does not compact after every turn), and the last
13 * outcome.
14 */
15type State = { compacting: boolean; armed: boolean; last?: string }
16
17type Tier = 'free' | 'paid'
18
19type Outcome = { messages: SessionMessage[]; ratio: number; text: string; tier: Tier }
20
21function message(err: unknown): string {
22 return err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
23}
24
25/** The plugin options with the settings /gemini-compact stored on top. */
26async function loadConfig($: EngineInterface, base: Config): Promise<Config> {
27 const config: Config = { ...base }
28 for (const key of Object.keys(STORE_KEYS) as (keyof Settings)[]) {
29 const value = storedValue(key, await $.store.get(STORE_KEYS[key]))
30 if (value !== undefined) Object.assign(config, { [key]: value })
31 }
32 return config
33}
34
35/**
36 * gemini-core builds the request and reads each answer; the request is sent
37 * here, again after a 503 while it allows, and with the next key after a 429
38 * or a key error. The answer carries the tier it went to.
39 */
40async function askGemini($: EngineInterface, body: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<Answer & { tier: Tier }> {
41 const prepared = await $.gemini.request({ consumer: CONSUMER, body })
42 if ('error' in prepared) throw new Error(prepared.error)
43 const started = await $.clock.now()
44 let http = prepared.http
45 for (let attempt = 1; ; attempt++) {
46 const r = await $.http.fetch(http.url, http.init)
47 const read = await $.gemini.read({ http, status: r.status, ok: r.ok, text: r.text, attempt, elapsedMs: (await $.clock.now()) - started, deadlineMs: DEADLINE_MS })
48 if ('answer' in read) return { ...read.answer, tier: prepared.tier }
49 if ('error' in read) throw new Error(read.error)
50 if ('next' in read) http = read.next
51 else await $.clock.sleep(read.retryInMs)
52 }
53}
54
55/** The fraction of characters the compaction removed. */
56function reduction(before: readonly SessionMessage[], after: readonly SessionMessage[]): number {
57 const size = sizeOf(before)
58 return size === 0 ? 0 : (size - sizeOf(after)) / size
59}
60
61/** Asks Gemini about every call outside the pinned messages and applies its answer. */
62async function prune($: EngineInterface, config: Config, e: SessionCompactInput): Promise<Outcome> {
63 const calls = collectCalls(e.messages, config.keepRecent)
64 const ids = calls.filter(c => !c.pinned).map(c => c.id)
65 if (ids.length === 0) throw new Error('no tool call outside the newest messages')
66 const transcript = renderTranscript(e.messages, calls, config.maxInputChars)
67 const answer = await askGemini($, buildPruneBody(transcript, ids, e.instructions))
68 const actions = actionsByUse(calls, parseDecisions(answer.text, ids))
69 const messages = applyActions(e.messages, actions, config.headChars)
70 const ratio = reduction(e.messages, messages)
71 const tally = { kept: messages.length, total: e.messages.length, ratio, actions: actions.values(), ...answer }
72 return { messages, ratio, text: outcomeText(tally), tier: answer.tier }
73}
74
75/** Has Gemini summarize everything before the newest messages, which stay as they are. */
76async function summarize($: EngineInterface, config: Config, e: SessionCompactInput): Promise<Outcome> {
77 const start = tailStart(e.messages, config.keepRecent)
78 const head = e.messages.slice(0, start)
79 if (head.length === 0) throw new Error('nothing to summarize before the newest messages')
80 const transcript = renderTranscript(head, collectCalls(head, 0), config.summaryMaxInputChars, true)
81 const answer = await askGemini($, buildSummaryBody(transcript, config.summaryMaxOutputTokens, e.instructions))
82 const messages = [summaryMessage(parseSummary(answer.text, answer.finishReason)), ...e.messages.slice(start)]
83 const ratio = reduction(e.messages, messages)
84 return { messages, ratio, text: summaryOutcomeText({ kept: messages.length, total: e.messages.length, ratio, ...answer }), tier: answer.tier }
85}
86
87/** One line in the transcript (not sent to the model) and a toast; free tier adds its warning to the toast. */
88function report($: EngineInterface, state: State, tier: Tier, text: string): void {
89 state.last = text
90 $.ui.log(text)
91 $.ui.toast(tier === 'free' ? `${text} · sent to Gemini free tier` : text, { timeoutMs: 15_000 })
92}
93
94/**
95 * Why a result goes to the built-in summary, or undefined when it is taken.
96 * A summary is taken whenever it is smaller, so the built-in summary runs only
97 * when Gemini fails; a prune must reach `minReduction`.
98 */
99function refusal(config: Config, ratio: number): string | undefined {
100 if (config.mode === 'summary') return ratio > 0 ? undefined : 'the summary is not smaller'
101 return ratio >= config.minReduction ? undefined : `under ${Math.round(config.minReduction * 100)}% smaller`
102}
103
104async function compactWithGemini($: EngineInterface, state: State, config: Config, e: SessionCompactInput): Promise<SessionMessage[] | undefined> {
105 const settings = await $.gemini.settings({ consumer: CONSUMER })
106 if (!settings.hasKey) {
107 report($, state, settings.tier, 'built-in summary: no Gemini key (set GEMINI_API_KEY or the gemini-core apiKey option)')
108 return undefined
109 }
110 try {
111 const outcome = config.mode === 'summary' ? await summarize($, config, e) : await prune($, config, e)
112 const refused = refusal(config, outcome.ratio)
113 if (refused === undefined) {
114 report($, state, outcome.tier, outcome.text)
115 return outcome.messages
116 }
117 report($, state, outcome.tier, `built-in summary: ${refused} (${outcome.text})`)
118 } catch (err) {
119 report($, state, settings.tier, `built-in summary: ${message(err)}`)
120 }
121 return undefined
122}
123
124/** Stores a change; `on` is refused while gemini-core has no key. */
125async function storePatch($: EngineInterface, patch: Patch): Promise<string> {
126 if (patch.enabled === true && !(await $.gemini.settings({ consumer: CONSUMER })).hasKey) return NO_KEY_ON
127 for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(patch)) await $.store.set(STORE_KEYS[key as keyof Settings], value)
128 return changeText(patch)
129}
130
131async function runCommand($: EngineInterface, state: State, base: Config, args: string): Promise<string> {
132 const command = parseCommand(args)
133 if (command.kind === 'error') return command.text
134 if (command.kind === 'reset') {
135 for (const key of Object.values(STORE_KEYS)) await $.store.delete(key)
136 return RESET_TEXT
137 }
138 if (command.kind === 'set') return storePatch($, command.patch)
139 return statusText(await loadConfig($, base), await $.gemini.settings({ consumer: CONSUMER }), state.last)
140}
141
142/** Starts a compaction when the context passed the threshold; not awaited, so the next prompt is not held. */
143async function maybeCompact($: EngineInterface, state: State, base: Config): Promise<void> {
144 const config = await loadConfig($, base)
145 if (!config.enabled || config.atPercent === 0) return
146 const { context } = await $.session.usage()
147 if ((context.percent ?? 0) < config.atPercent) {
148 state.armed = true
149 return
150 }
151 if (!state.armed) return
152 state.armed = false
153 state.compacting = true
154 // A compaction started from a timer skips this plugin's own hook (measured
155 // on 2.1.277), so it starts here, inside the dispatch, without an await.
156 void $.session
157 .compact()
158 .then(r => {
159 if (r.skip !== undefined) $.ui.log(`automatic compaction skipped: ${r.skip}`)
160 })
161 .catch((err: unknown) => $.ui.log(`automatic compaction failed: ${message(err)}`))
162 .finally(() => {
163 state.compacting = false
164 })
165}
166
167export const register: Register = (on, options) => {
168 const base = configFrom(options)
169 const state: State = { compacting: false, armed: true }
170
171 on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
172 const r = await next(e)
173 await $.gemini.enroll({ consumer: CONSUMER, defaultModel: DEFAULT_MODEL })
174 await $.command.register({
175 name: 'gemini-compact',
176 description: 'Gemini compaction: status, on, off, mode summary|prune, at <1-99>, at off, reset; /gemini-core sets the model, thinking and tier (gemini-compact)',
177 argumentHint: '[on | off | mode summary|prune | at <N> | at off | reset]',
178 })
179 return r
180 })
181
182 on('command.run', { command: 'gemini-compact' }, async ($, e) => ({ text: await runCommand($, state, base, String(e.args ?? '')) }))
183
184 on('session.compact', async ($, e, next) => {
185 const config = await loadConfig($, base)
186 if (!config.enabled || e.agentId !== undefined) return next(e)
187 const messages = await compactWithGemini($, state, config, e)
188 return messages === undefined ? next(e) : { messages }
189 })
190
191 on('turn.complete', async ($, e, next) => {
192 const r = await next(e)
193 if (e.agentId !== undefined || e.reason !== 'answer' || state.compacting) return r
194 try {
195 await maybeCompact($, state, base)
196 } catch (err) {
197 $.ui.log(`automatic compaction not started: ${message(err)}`)
198 }
199 return r
200 })
201}
202hooks/apply.ts 125 lines1/**
2 * Rebuilds the conversation from Gemini's decisions. A message the decisions
3 * do not touch is returned as the same object, so it keeps the engine's handle.
4 */
5import type { SessionMessage, ToolResultSummary, ToolUseSummary } from 'claude-code'
6import type { Action, Call } from './prune.ts'
7
8/** The action for each tool_use_id; a call without one is kept. */
9export function actionsByUse(calls: readonly Call[], decisions: ReadonlyMap<string, Action>): Map<string, Action> {
10 const actions = new Map<string, Action>()
11 for (const call of calls) {
12 const action = decisions.get(call.id)
13 if (!call.pinned && action !== undefined && action !== 'keep') actions.set(call.toolUseId, action)
14 }
15 return actions
16}
17
18/** The head of a result Gemini let go, and one line that says so. */
19export function truncated(text: string, headChars: number): string {
20 if (text.length <= headChars + 120) return text
21 return `${text.slice(0, headChars)}\n[gemini-compact cut ${text.length - headChars} chars of this output after a compaction; run the tool again if you need it]`
22}
23
24/** `Bash(ls -la)`: the tool and the first string of its input, for the note that names a removed call. */
25export function callLabel(use: ToolUseSummary): string {
26 const first = Object.values(use.input).find((v): v is string => typeof v === 'string') ?? ''
27 const arg = first.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim()
28 return `${use.tool}(${arg.length > 60 ? `${arg.slice(0, 57)}...` : arg})`
29}
30
31/**
32 * The line that replaces removed calls. Without it the model reads a reply
33 * whose work is gone and takes the work as never done (measured on 2.1.277).
34 */
35export function removedNote(labels: readonly string[]): string {
36 return `[gemini-compact removed ${labels.length} earlier tool call(s) and their output after a compaction; they ran: ${labels.join(', ')}]`
37}
38
39function withText(m: SessionMessage, text: string): SessionMessage {
40 const built: SessionMessage = { role: m.role, text, toolUses: m.toolUses }
41 if (m.toolResults !== undefined && m.toolResults.length > 0) built.toolResults = m.toolResults
42 return built
43}
44
45function joinText(a: string, b: string): string {
46 return a.trim() === '' ? b : `${a}\n\n${b}`
47}
48
49function editUses(m: SessionMessage, actions: ReadonlyMap<string, Action>, headChars: number): { uses: ToolUseSummary[]; removed: string[] } {
50 const uses: ToolUseSummary[] = []
51 const removed: string[] = []
52 for (const use of m.toolUses) {
53 const action = actions.get(use.tool_use_id)
54 if (action === 'drop') removed.push(callLabel(use))
55 else if (action === 'truncate' && use.text !== undefined) uses.push({ ...use, text: truncated(use.text, headChars) })
56 else uses.push(use)
57 }
58 return { uses, removed }
59}
60
61function editResults(m: SessionMessage, actions: ReadonlyMap<string, Action>, headChars: number): ToolResultSummary[] {
62 const results: ToolResultSummary[] = []
63 for (const r of m.toolResults ?? []) {
64 const action = actions.get(r.tool_use_id)
65 if (action === 'truncate') results.push({ ...r, text: truncated(r.text, headChars) })
66 else if (action !== 'drop') results.push(r)
67 }
68 return results
69}
70
71function touches(m: SessionMessage, actions: ReadonlyMap<string, Action>): boolean {
72 return m.toolUses.some(u => actions.has(u.tool_use_id)) || (m.toolResults ?? []).some(r => actions.has(r.tool_use_id))
73}
74
75type Edited = { message: SessionMessage | undefined; removed: string[] }
76
77/** One message after the decisions: undefined when nothing of it is left. */
78function editMessage(m: SessionMessage, actions: ReadonlyMap<string, Action>, headChars: number): Edited {
79 if (!touches(m, actions)) return { message: m, removed: [] }
80 const { uses, removed } = editUses(m, actions, headChars)
81 const results = editResults(m, actions, headChars)
82 if (m.text.trim() === '' && uses.length === 0 && results.length === 0) return { message: undefined, removed }
83 const built: SessionMessage = { role: m.role, text: m.text, toolUses: uses }
84 if (results.length > 0) built.toolResults = results
85 return { message: built, removed }
86}
87
88/** Puts the note on the last assistant message at or before `at`, or on the first after it. */
89function placeNote(out: SessionMessage[], at: number, note: string): void {
90 let target = -1
91 for (let i = Math.min(at, out.length - 1); i >= 0 && target === -1; i--) if (out[i]?.role === 'assistant') target = i
92 if (target === -1) target = out.findIndex(m => m.role === 'assistant')
93 const m = out[target]
94 if (m === undefined) return
95 out[target] = withText(m, joinText(m.text, note))
96}
97
98/**
99 * Applies the actions: `drop` removes a call with its result, `truncate` keeps
100 * the call and the head of its result. A message left empty is removed, and the
101 * calls removed from it are named in a note on the nearest assistant message.
102 */
103export function applyActions(messages: readonly SessionMessage[], actions: ReadonlyMap<string, Action>, headChars: number): SessionMessage[] {
104 const out: SessionMessage[] = []
105 const notes: { at: number; labels: string[] }[] = []
106 for (const m of messages) {
107 const { message, removed } = editMessage(m, actions, headChars)
108 if (message !== undefined) out.push(message)
109 if (removed.length > 0) notes.push({ at: out.length - 1, labels: removed })
110 }
111 for (const { at, labels } of notes) placeNote(out, at, removedNote(labels))
112 return out
113}
114
115/** Characters of text, tool input and tool result the conversation holds. */
116export function sizeOf(messages: readonly SessionMessage[]): number {
117 let total = 0
118 for (const m of messages) {
119 total += m.text.length
120 for (const u of m.toolUses) total += (JSON.stringify(u.input) ?? '').length
121 for (const r of m.toolResults ?? []) total += r.text.length
122 }
123 return total
124}
125hooks/command.ts 98 lines1/** The settings /gemini-compact changes, and the reading of its argument. */
2import type { EngineInterface } from 'claude-code'
3
4/** What gemini-core says this mod runs with. */
5export type GeminiSettings = Awaited<ReturnType<EngineInterface['gemini']['settings']>>
6
7/** summary: Gemini summarizes the conversation; prune: Gemini decides on each old tool call. */
8export type Mode = 'summary' | 'prune'
9
10/** What the command can change; 0 in `atPercent` turns the automatic trigger off. */
11export type Settings = { enabled: boolean; mode: Mode; atPercent: number }
12
13export type Patch = Partial<Settings>
14
15export type Command =
16 | { kind: 'status' }
17 | { kind: 'reset' }
18 | { kind: 'set'; patch: Patch }
19 | { kind: 'error'; text: string }
20
21export const USAGE = 'expects on, off, mode summary, mode prune, at <1-99>, at off, or reset; /gemini-core sets the model, the thinking level and the tier'
22
23/** The store key of each setting. */
24export const STORE_KEYS: Record<keyof Settings, string> = {
25 enabled: 'enabled',
26 mode: 'mode',
27 atPercent: 'atPercent',
28}
29
30function parseAt(value: string | undefined): Command {
31 if (value === 'off') return { kind: 'set', patch: { atPercent: 0 } }
32 const n = Number(value)
33 if (value === undefined || !/^\d+$/.test(value) || n < 1 || n > 99) return { kind: 'error', text: 'at takes a whole percentage from 1 to 99, or off' }
34 return { kind: 'set', patch: { atPercent: n } }
35}
36
37function parseMode(value: string | undefined): Command {
38 if (value !== 'summary' && value !== 'prune') return { kind: 'error', text: 'mode takes summary or prune' }
39 return { kind: 'set', patch: { mode: value } }
40}
41
42const WORDS: Record<string, Command> = {
43 '': { kind: 'status' },
44 status: { kind: 'status' },
45 reset: { kind: 'reset' },
46 on: { kind: 'set', patch: { enabled: true } },
47 off: { kind: 'set', patch: { enabled: false } },
48}
49
50/** Reads the argument of /gemini-compact. */
51export function parseCommand(args: string): Command {
52 const words = args.trim().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean)
53 const [first = '', second, ...rest] = words
54 if (rest.length > 0) return { kind: 'error', text: USAGE }
55 if (first === 'at') return parseAt(second)
56 if (first === 'mode') return parseMode(second)
57 const word = WORDS[first]
58 return word !== undefined && second === undefined ? word : { kind: 'error', text: USAGE }
59}
60
61/** A stored value of the right type, or undefined so the plugin option applies. */
62export function storedValue<K extends keyof Settings>(key: K, value: unknown): Settings[K] | undefined {
63 const valid: Record<keyof Settings, (v: unknown) => boolean> = {
64 enabled: v => typeof v === 'boolean',
65 mode: v => v === 'summary' || v === 'prune',
66 atPercent: v => typeof v === 'number' && Number.isInteger(v) && v >= 0 && v <= 99,
67 }
68 return valid[key](value) ? (value as Settings[K]) : undefined
69}
70
71const MODE_TEXT: Record<Mode, string> = {
72 summary: 'mode summary: Gemini summarizes the conversation and the newest messages stay verbatim',
73 prune: 'mode prune: every message stays and Gemini keeps, truncates or drops each old tool call',
74}
75
76/** What `on` answers while gemini-core has no key; nothing is stored. */
77export const NO_KEY_ON = 'still off: gemini-core has no Gemini key. Set GEMINI_API_KEY or the gemini-core apiKey option, restart Claude Code, then run /gemini-compact on'
78
79/** What `reset` answers: the plugin options, and off until it is turned on. */
80export const RESET_TEXT = 'settings reset to the plugin options; off until /gemini-compact on'
81
82/** The line /gemini-compact prints for a change. */
83export function changeText(patch: Patch): string {
84 if (patch.enabled !== undefined) return patch.enabled ? 'on' : 'off: compaction uses the built-in summary'
85 if (patch.mode !== undefined) return MODE_TEXT[patch.mode]
86 return patch.atPercent === 0 ? 'automatic compaction off; /compact and the engine\'s own compaction still use Gemini' : `compacts when the context passes ${patch.atPercent}%`
87}
88
89/** The status line of /gemini-compact, with what gemini-core says it runs with. */
90export function statusText(s: Settings, g: GeminiSettings, last: string | undefined): string {
91 const at = s.atPercent === 0 ? 'automatic off' : `automatic at ${s.atPercent}%`
92 const key = g.hasKey ? 'key set' : 'no key: set GEMINI_API_KEY or the gemini-core apiKey option'
93 const lines = [`${s.enabled ? 'on' : 'off'} · ${s.mode} · ${g.model} · thinking ${g.thinking ?? 'model default'} · ${at} · ${g.tier} tier · ${key}`]
94 if (!s.enabled) lines.push('off until /gemini-compact on; every compaction uses the built-in summary; the model, the thinking level and the tier are /gemini-core settings')
95 if (last !== undefined) lines.push(`last: ${last}`)
96 return lines.join('\n')
97}
98hooks/config.ts 75 lines1/** The plugin options with their defaults, and the line a compaction reports. */
2import type { PluginOptions } from 'claude-code'
3import { storedValue, type Settings } from './command.ts'
4import type { Action } from './prune.ts'
5
6export type Config = Settings & {
7 keepRecent: number
8 minReduction: number
9 headChars: number
10 maxInputChars: number
11 summaryMaxInputChars: number
12 summaryMaxOutputTokens: number
13}
14
15/** The plugin name gemini-core knows this mod by, and the model it uses until /gemini-core sets another. */
16export const CONSUMER = 'gemini-compact'
17export const DEFAULT_MODEL = 'gemini-3.5-flash-lite'
18
19/** No new Gemini attempt starts once this much has passed. */
20export const DEADLINE_MS = 60_000
21
22/** Off until the user turns it on, so a fresh install sends nothing to Gemini. */
23export const DEFAULTS: Config = {
24 enabled: false,
25 mode: 'summary',
26 atPercent: 60,
27 keepRecent: 6,
28 minReduction: 0.25,
29 headChars: 300,
30 maxInputChars: 400_000,
31 summaryMaxInputChars: 2_000_000,
32 summaryMaxOutputTokens: 32_768,
33}
34
35function numberOption(options: PluginOptions, key: string, fallback: number, min: number, max: number): number {
36 const value = options[key]
37 return typeof value === 'number' && Number.isFinite(value) && value >= min && value <= max ? value : fallback
38}
39
40/** The plugin options, each out-of-range or missing one replaced by its default. */
41export function configFrom(options: PluginOptions): Config {
42 return {
43 enabled: DEFAULTS.enabled,
44 mode: storedValue('mode', options.mode) ?? DEFAULTS.mode,
45 atPercent: numberOption(options, 'compactAtPercent', DEFAULTS.atPercent, 0, 99),
46 keepRecent: numberOption(options, 'keepRecent', DEFAULTS.keepRecent, 0, 1000),
47 minReduction: numberOption(options, 'minReduction', DEFAULTS.minReduction, 0, 1),
48 headChars: numberOption(options, 'headChars', DEFAULTS.headChars, 0, 100_000),
49 maxInputChars: numberOption(options, 'maxInputChars', DEFAULTS.maxInputChars, 10_000, 4_000_000),
50 summaryMaxInputChars: numberOption(options, 'summaryMaxInputChars', DEFAULTS.summaryMaxInputChars, 10_000, 4_000_000),
51 summaryMaxOutputTokens: DEFAULTS.summaryMaxOutputTokens,
52 }
53}
54
55function tokens(n: number): string {
56 return n >= 1000 ? `${Math.round(n / 1000)}k` : String(n)
57}
58
59export type Tally = { kept: number; total: number; ratio: number; actions: Iterable<Action>; inputTokens: number; outputTokens: number }
60
61/** `kept 41/58 messages · 52% smaller · 18 dropped, 9 truncated · 31k in, 1k out` */
62export function outcomeText(t: Tally): string {
63 const all = [...t.actions]
64 const dropped = all.filter(a => a === 'drop').length
65 const cut = all.filter(a => a === 'truncate').length
66 return `kept ${t.kept}/${t.total} messages · ${Math.round(t.ratio * 100)}% smaller · ${dropped} dropped, ${cut} truncated · ${tokens(t.inputTokens)} in, ${tokens(t.outputTokens)} out`
67}
68
69export type SummaryTally = Omit<Tally, 'actions'>
70
71/** `summary: 58 → 7 messages · 91% smaller · 312k in, 5k out` */
72export function summaryOutcomeText(t: SummaryTally): string {
73 return `summary: ${t.total} → ${t.kept} messages · ${Math.round(t.ratio * 100)}% smaller · ${tokens(t.inputTokens)} in, ${tokens(t.outputTokens)} out`
74}
75hooks/gemini.ts 57 lines1/** The generateContent bodies this mod sends; gemini-core builds the request around them and reads the answer. */
2import type { EngineInterface } from 'claude-code'
3import { ACTIONS } from './prune.ts'
4import { SUMMARY_TASK } from './summary.ts'
5
6/** Gemini's answer as gemini-core reads it; `finishReason` is Gemini's, such as `STOP` or `MAX_TOKENS`. */
7export type Answer = Extract<Awaited<ReturnType<EngineInterface['gemini']['read']>>, { answer: unknown }>['answer']
8
9const TASK = `You decide which tool calls of a Claude Code conversation can leave its context, because the context is being compacted. Every message stays; only tool calls and their outputs can go.
10
11For every call with an id such as [c7], answer one action:
12- keep: the assistant still needs the full output (a file it is editing, an error it is fixing, data it will quote, an output that cannot be produced again).
13- truncate: knowing the call ran and its input still matters, but the full output does not; only its first lines stay.
14- drop: neither the call nor its output matters for what comes next (a superseded read of a file changed since, a listing or search already acted on, a passing test run, a finished side task).
15
16Calls marked [fixed] stay whatever you answer; read them as context only. The latest user messages state the current task. When unsure, answer keep.`
17
18function prompt(task: string, transcript: string, instructions: string | undefined): string {
19 const focus = instructions === undefined || instructions.trim() === '' ? '' : `\n\nThe user asked the compaction to keep in mind: ${instructions.trim()}`
20 return `${task}${focus}\n\nThe conversation:\n\n${transcript}`
21}
22
23/** The body that asks for a plain-text summary of the conversation. */
24export function buildSummaryBody(transcript: string, maxOutputTokens: number, instructions?: string): Record<string, unknown> {
25 return {
26 contents: [{ role: 'user', parts: [{ text: prompt(SUMMARY_TASK, transcript, instructions) }] }],
27 generationConfig: { maxOutputTokens },
28 }
29}
30
31/** The body that asks for one action per candidate id, in a schema Gemini must follow. */
32export function buildPruneBody(transcript: string, ids: readonly string[], instructions?: string): Record<string, unknown> {
33 return {
34 contents: [{ role: 'user', parts: [{ text: prompt(TASK, transcript, instructions) }] }],
35 generationConfig: {
36 responseMimeType: 'application/json',
37 responseSchema: {
38 type: 'OBJECT',
39 properties: {
40 decisions: {
41 type: 'ARRAY',
42 items: {
43 type: 'OBJECT',
44 properties: {
45 id: { type: 'STRING', enum: [...ids] },
46 action: { type: 'STRING', enum: [...ACTIONS] },
47 },
48 required: ['id', 'action'],
49 },
50 },
51 },
52 required: ['decisions'],
53 },
54 },
55 }
56}
57hooks/prune.ts 153 lines1/**
2 * The pure part of gemini-compact: which tool calls Gemini decides on, the
3 * transcript it reads, its answer, and the conversation rebuilt from it.
4 */
5import type { SessionMessage, ToolUseSummary } from 'claude-code'
6
7export type Action = 'keep' | 'truncate' | 'drop'
8
9export const ACTIONS: readonly Action[] = ['keep', 'truncate', 'drop']
10
11/** One tool call with its result. Only a call that is not pinned gets a decision. */
12export type Call = {
13 /** The short id Gemini answers with (`c1`), or '' for a pinned call. */
14 id: string
15 toolUseId: string
16 tool: string
17 input: Record<string, unknown>
18 output: string
19 isError: boolean
20 pinned: boolean
21}
22
23function outputOf(messages: readonly SessionMessage[], use: ToolUseSummary): string {
24 for (const m of messages) {
25 const result = m.toolResults?.find(r => r.tool_use_id === use.tool_use_id)
26 if (result !== undefined) return result.text
27 }
28 return use.text ?? ''
29}
30
31/** The index of the message that holds each tool result, by tool_use_id. */
32function resultIndex(messages: readonly SessionMessage[]): Map<string, number> {
33 const at = new Map<string, number>()
34 messages.forEach((m, i) => {
35 for (const r of m.toolResults ?? []) at.set(r.tool_use_id, i)
36 })
37 return at
38}
39
40/**
41 * Pairs every tool call with its result. A call in the first message or in the
42 * newest `keepRecent` messages, or whose result is in one of them, is pinned.
43 */
44export function collectCalls(messages: readonly SessionMessage[], keepRecent: number): Call[] {
45 const firstRecent = messages.length - Math.max(0, keepRecent)
46 const isPinned = (i: number): boolean => i === 0 || i >= firstRecent
47 const results = resultIndex(messages)
48 const calls: Call[] = []
49 let next = 1
50 messages.forEach((m, i) => {
51 for (const use of m.toolUses) {
52 const pinned = isPinned(i) || isPinned(results.get(use.tool_use_id) ?? i)
53 const id = pinned ? '' : `c${next++}`
54 const output = outputOf(messages, use)
55 calls.push({ id, toolUseId: use.tool_use_id, tool: use.tool, input: use.input, output, isError: use.isError === true, pinned })
56 }
57 })
58 return calls
59}
60
61function inputText(input: Record<string, unknown>): string {
62 return JSON.stringify(input) ?? '{}'
63}
64
65/** Cuts a text to about `max` characters: its head and its tail around one note. */
66export function clip(text: string, max: number): string {
67 if (text.length <= max) return text
68 const half = Math.max(0, Math.floor(max / 2))
69 return `${text.slice(0, half)}\n[… ${text.length - 2 * half} chars omitted …]\n${text.slice(text.length - half)}`
70}
71
72/** The longest output length that makes the transcript fit, found by bisection. */
73function outputCap(fixed: number, outputs: readonly number[], max: number): number | undefined {
74 const size = (cap: number): number => fixed + outputs.reduce((sum, n) => sum + Math.min(n, cap + 40), 0)
75 if (size(0) > max) return undefined
76 let low = 0
77 let high = Math.max(0, ...outputs)
78 while (low < high) {
79 const mid = Math.ceil((low + high) / 2)
80 if (size(mid) <= max) low = mid
81 else high = mid - 1
82 }
83 return low
84}
85
86function callLines(call: Call, cap: number, plain: boolean): string[] {
87 const label = plain ? '[call]' : call.pinned ? '[fixed]' : `[${call.id}]`
88 const status = call.isError ? 'error' : 'output'
89 return [` ${label} ${call.tool} ${inputText(call.input)}`, ` ${status}: ${clip(call.output, cap)}`]
90}
91
92function render(messages: readonly SessionMessage[], byUse: ReadonlyMap<string, Call>, cap: number, plain: boolean): string {
93 const lines: string[] = []
94 messages.forEach((m, i) => {
95 lines.push(`#${i + 1} ${m.role}: ${m.text}`)
96 for (const use of m.toolUses) {
97 const call = byUse.get(use.tool_use_id)
98 if (call !== undefined) lines.push(...callLines(call, cap, plain))
99 }
100 })
101 return lines.join('\n')
102}
103
104/**
105 * The conversation as Gemini reads it: every message in order, each call with
106 * its id (or `[call]` when `plain`), input and output. When it is over
107 * `maxChars`, the longest outputs are cut to one common length; a
108 * conversation over it without any output throws.
109 */
110export function renderTranscript(messages: readonly SessionMessage[], calls: readonly Call[], maxChars: number, plain = false): string {
111 const byUse = new Map(calls.map(c => [c.toolUseId, c]))
112 const full = render(messages, byUse, Infinity, plain)
113 if (full.length <= maxChars) return full
114 const outputs = calls.map(c => c.output.length)
115 const fixed = full.length - outputs.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0)
116 const cap = outputCap(fixed, outputs, maxChars)
117 if (cap === undefined) throw new Error(`the conversation is over ${maxChars} characters even without tool output`)
118 return render(messages, byUse, cap, plain)
119}
120
121function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
122 return typeof value === 'object' && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value)
123}
124
125function decisionOf(value: unknown): [string, Action] | string {
126 if (!isRecord(value) || typeof value.id !== 'string') return 'a decision has no id'
127 const action = ACTIONS.find(a => a === value.action)
128 return action === undefined ? `${value.id}: unknown action ${JSON.stringify(value.action)}` : [value.id, action]
129}
130
131/** Reads Gemini's answer: exactly one known action for every candidate id, nothing else. */
132export function parseDecisions(text: string, ids: readonly string[]): Map<string, Action> {
133 let value: unknown
134 try {
135 value = JSON.parse(text)
136 } catch {
137 throw new Error('the answer is not JSON')
138 }
139 if (!isRecord(value) || !Array.isArray(value.decisions)) throw new Error('the answer has no decisions list')
140 const known = new Set(ids)
141 const decisions = new Map<string, Action>()
142 for (const raw of value.decisions) {
143 const d = decisionOf(raw)
144 if (typeof d === 'string') throw new Error(d)
145 if (!known.has(d[0])) throw new Error(`unknown call id ${d[0]}`)
146 if (decisions.has(d[0])) throw new Error(`call ${d[0]} decided twice`)
147 decisions.set(d[0], d[1])
148 }
149 const missing = ids.filter(id => !decisions.has(id))
150 if (missing.length > 0) throw new Error(`no decision for ${missing.slice(0, 5).join(', ')}${missing.length > 5 ? '…' : ''}`)
151 return decisions
152}
153hooks/summary.ts 54 lines1/**
2 * The pure part of the summary mode: where the verbatim tail starts, what
3 * Gemini is asked, and the message its summary becomes.
4 */
5import type { SessionMessage } from 'claude-code'
6
7/**
8 * The index where the newest `keepRecent` messages start, moved back to an
9 * assistant message: the tail then holds every tool result whose call it
10 * holds, and it follows the summary (a user message) with an assistant one.
11 * With no assistant message after the first, everything is summarized.
12 */
13export function tailStart(messages: readonly SessionMessage[], keepRecent: number): number {
14 if (keepRecent <= 0) return messages.length
15 for (let i = Math.max(1, messages.length - keepRecent); i >= 1; i--) {
16 if (messages[i]?.role === 'assistant') return i
17 }
18 return messages.length
19}
20
21export const SUMMARY_TASK = `You write the summary that replaces the older part of a Claude Code conversation, because its context is being compacted. The assistant continues the work from your summary and the newest messages, which stay verbatim after it. It cannot see anything you leave out.
22
23Write plain text with these sections:
241. Primary request and intent: everything the user asked for, in detail.
252. Key technical concepts: technologies, frameworks and facts the work relies on.
263. Files and code: every file read, created or changed, with its full path, why it matters, and the code snippets the work still needs.
274. Errors and fixes: each error met, how it was fixed, and what the user said about it.
285. Problem solving: problems solved and open investigations.
296. All user messages: every user message that is not a tool result, verbatim.
307. Pending tasks: what the user asked for that is not done.
318. Current work: what was being done right before this summary, with file names and code.
329. Next step: the step that follows from the latest request, quoting the user's words.
33
34Keep exact names, paths, commands, numbers and error texts. Do not invent anything the conversation does not say.`
35
36/** The note in front of the summary, so the assistant knows what it reads. */
37export const SUMMARY_NOTE =
38 'This session continues an earlier conversation that was compacted. Gemini wrote the summary below of the part before the newest messages, which follow it verbatim.'
39
40/** The first message of the compacted conversation; without a handle, the engine builds it from its role and text. */
41export function summaryMessage(summary: string): SessionMessage {
42 return { role: 'user', text: `${SUMMARY_NOTE}\n\n${summary}`, toolUses: [] }
43}
44
45const MIN_SUMMARY_CHARS = 200
46
47/** The summary text; one Gemini cut at its output limit, an empty one or a too short one throws. */
48export function parseSummary(text: string, finishReason?: string): string {
49 if (finishReason === 'MAX_TOKENS') throw new Error('the summary hit the output token limit')
50 const summary = text.trim()
51 if (summary.length < MIN_SUMMARY_CHARS) throw new Error(`the summary is too short (${summary.length} chars)`)
52 return summary
53}
54