Make Claude Compact Earlier: The Setting and the CLAUDE.md Note
Claude Code sends your whole chat with every message. One command makes it summarize the pile earlier, and a short note keeps the facts that matter. The setting, the note, and the one catch
In a long Claude Code session, every request carries the whole conversation, old tangents included. Anthropic's cost guide says a one-line question late in a day-long session still draws usage for the entire history.
Here's the one command that makes Claude summarize earlier, the note that protects your key facts, and the catch.
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Unlocks: Step 1: set an earlier compact point · Step 2: tell it what to keep · The catch · Sources
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