Smart PreCompact

A free skill for Claude Code that handles everything around /compact. It reminds you before the context fills up, tells the summary what it must keep (what already failed, why you decided, what you asked for), and brings your context back right after the compact. Works in any language: it answers in the language you write to it in.

New in 3.1: it comes with a Claude Code mod. A band above the prompt shows how full the context is, and its Smart compact button prepares the line and compacts in one press.

Install

npx skills add JayGPTPro/smart-precompact -g

Then turn on the hook (recommended). It adds the 60% reminder and the automatic restore after a compact:

python3 ~/.claude/skills/smart-precompact/scripts/install_hook.py
python3 ~/.claude/skills/smart-precompact/scripts/compact_hook.py --test

Open a new Claude Code conversation and send any message: the reply confirms the hook works and shows how full your context is. On Windows use python instead of python3.

Use

Keep working as usual. When the context passes 60%, Claude answers you first, then adds a ready /compact line. Press Smart compact in the band above the prompt, or copy the line and send it.

The band loads by itself in every new session, with nothing to set up. No band? Your Claude Code version does not run mods yet, and the skill and the hook work the same. Turn it off with claude plugin disable smart-precompact-mod@skills-dir.

Run it yourself any time with /smart-precompact, or just say "prep me for compact". Modes: handoff (also saves the resume prompt to a file), save (appends decisions and tasks to docs that already exist in your project), save notes (also to your notes folder). Details: smart-precompact/README.md.

בעברית

npx skills add JayGPTPro/smart-precompact -g

הסקיל עונה בשפה שכותבים לו, ומגיע עם Mod: פס מעל שורת הכתיבה עם כפתור Smart compact שמכין את השורה ומקמפקט בלחיצה אחת. הוראות מלאות בעברית: smart-precompact/README.he.md

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Home page: https://jaygptpro.com/smart-precompact/ · עברית: https://jaygptpro.com/smart-precompact/he/

An independent skill by JayGPTPro, built around Claude Code's /compact. Not affiliated with Anthropic.