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Claude-skill-registry claude-restart-compact

Compact context at natural breakpoints to free tokens and continue working. Use PROACTIVELY at phase boundaries, after commits, or when token usage >150k. Better than random auto-compact. Supports custom compaction prompts.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/data/claude-restart-compact" ~/.claude/skills/majiayu000-claude-skill-registry-claude-restart-compact && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/data/claude-restart-compact/SKILL.md
tags
#context-management#token-optimization#workflow-resume#claude-utils#task-continuation
source content

Compacting context at natural breakpoint and resuming work...

This will:

  • Summarize recent conversation to free tokens
  • Preserve task context and state
  • Resume with compact history
  • Continue working on current task

When to Use (Natural Breakpoints)

Use at logical stopping points rather than letting Claude auto-compact randomly:

After completing a phase:

  • Feature implementation done and committed
  • Test suite passing
  • Documentation updated
  • Natural transition to next phase

At project boundaries:

  • Completed one component, starting another
  • Finished refactoring, moving to new feature
  • After major milestone

Before running out of space:

  • Token usage >150k (75% of 200k budget)
  • Long conversations (>100 messages)
  • Before starting large multi-phase work

Benefits over auto-compact:

  • Control WHEN compaction happens
  • Compact at meaningful boundaries
  • Preserve important context
  • Custom prompts guide what to keep

Usage

Basic (default compaction):

.claude/skills/claude-restart-resume/scripts/claude-restart.sh compact

With custom prompt (guides what to preserve):

# Set compaction prompt before invoking
export COMPACT_PROMPT="Preserve: API design decisions, database schema, known bugs"
.claude/skills/claude-restart-resume/scripts/claude-restart.sh compact

Compaction Prompts

Custom prompts help preserve important context:

# Keep technical decisions
COMPACT_PROMPT="Preserve architectural decisions and open technical questions"

# Keep project state
COMPACT_PROMPT="Preserve TODO list state, recent commits, and next steps"

# Keep domain knowledge
COMPACT_PROMPT="Preserve domain model, business rules, and API contracts"

The script will pass this to Claude during compaction to guide summarization.