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| When working with [Large Language Models (LLMs)](/docs/getting-started/providers), there are limits to how much conversation history they can process at once. Goose provides smart context management features to help handle context and conversation limits so you can maintain productive sessions. Here are some key concepts: | ||
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| - **Context Length**: The amount of conversation history the LLM can consider | ||
| - **Context Length**: The amount of conversation history the LLM can consider, also referred to as the context window |
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I think these terms are used interchangeably
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| 3. Once complete, previous messages in your conversation remain visible, but only the summary is included in the active context for Goose. | ||
| 4. Continue the session with the summarized context in place. | ||
| 1. Goose will automatically start compacting the conversation to make room. | ||
| 2. Once complete, you'll see a confirmation message that the conversation was compacted and summarized. |
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Currently different messages in Desktop v CLI
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* main: docs: social channels (#4552) feat: simplify navigation, make reload work (#4498) docs: new recipe warning (#4545) Add AGENTS.md for AI coding assistant support (#4539) docs: non-interactive compact now (#4543) fixed css classes and added some accessibility fixes (#4492) feat(acp): Read files (#4531) Add YouTube Short to Auto Visualiser Tutorial (#4536) Fix/settings page (#4520) update to RMCP 0.6.2 (#4523)
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…data * 'main' of github.com:block/goose: docs: add ampersand to link (#4560) Add video link to README for user guidance (#4553) docs: social channels (#4552) feat: simplify navigation, make reload work (#4498) docs: new recipe warning (#4545) Add AGENTS.md for AI coding assistant support (#4539) docs: non-interactive compact now (#4543) fixed css classes and added some accessibility fixes (#4492)
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* 'main' of github.com:block/goose: docs: add ampersand to link (#4560) Add video link to README for user guidance (#4553) docs: social channels (#4552) feat: simplify navigation, make reload work (#4498) docs: new recipe warning (#4545) Add AGENTS.md for AI coding assistant support (#4539) docs: non-interactive compact now (#4543) fixed css classes and added some accessibility fixes (#4492) feat(acp): Read files (#4531) Add YouTube Short to Auto Visualiser Tutorial (#4536) Fix/settings page (#4520) update to RMCP 0.6.2 (#4523) docs: nested goosehints (#4528) feat: Agent Client Protocol implementation of goose (#4511) feat: make tests for rmcp based developer server consistent with former implementation (#4519) worlds simplest logging to see where things are blocked (#3888) docs: update quickstart and install topics (#4378) feat: Add configurable Bedrock retry parameters (#4316) remove localstorage getconfig fallbacks (#4432) chore(deps-dev): bump electron from 37.2.6 to 37.4.0 in /ui/desktop (#4516)
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* main: (43 commits) feat: add auto-compact threshold configuration UI (block#4178) Add container detection to developer extension (block#4559) docs: add ampersand to link (block#4560) Add video link to README for user guidance (block#4553) docs: social channels (block#4552) feat: simplify navigation, make reload work (block#4498) docs: new recipe warning (block#4545) Add AGENTS.md for AI coding assistant support (block#4539) docs: non-interactive compact now (block#4543) fixed css classes and added some accessibility fixes (block#4492) feat(acp): Read files (block#4531) Add YouTube Short to Auto Visualiser Tutorial (block#4536) Fix/settings page (block#4520) update to RMCP 0.6.2 (block#4523) docs: nested goosehints (block#4528) feat: Agent Client Protocol implementation of goose (block#4511) feat: make tests for rmcp based developer server consistent with former implementation (block#4519) worlds simplest logging to see where things are blocked (block#3888) docs: update quickstart and install topics (block#4378) feat: Add configurable Bedrock retry parameters (block#4316) ...
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This PR documents the Summarize -> Compact button name change and removal of the summary view/editing modal. Also docs a keyboard shortcut.
Documentation updates:
documentation/docs/guides/sessions/session-management.md:documentation/docs/guides/sessions/smart-context-management.md: