Compact Plus

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Session handoff

Example prompts

• “/compact-plus”

Requirements

• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Grep

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Get the session id.
2. 2Set the destination.
3. 3Check TaskList, active plan file, tmux-bridge state, and files currently being edited.
4. 4Save the following headings to the state file in this exact order.
5. 5Read the state file back after saving and verify that every heading above exists.
6. 6Tell the user: Preparation complete. Please run /compact.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit acb5b80. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Bash
  • Read
  • Write
  • Edit
  • Grep

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Compact Plus loads about 892 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 86 tokens; SKILL.md has 367 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~86

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~892

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

• NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md

  allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Grep

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from u-ichi/compact-plus at commit acb5b80, republished under its MIT licence (© u-ichi). 367 words, ~892 tokens.

name

compact-plus

description

Save the current Claude Code or Codex session state to a temporary state file before running /compact. MANDATORY TRIGGERS: /compact-plus, compact-plus, compact plus, compaction plus handoff, pre-compact state save. DO NOT TRIGGER: post-compact recovery, ordinary progress updates, plan creation, or casual context-usage discussion.

allowed-tools

Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Grep

codex_description

Save compact-plus working state for the current Codex thread. Use before /compact only; do not use for normal progress updates or post-compact recovery.

strict_procedure

true

argument-hint

[recovery notes]

# Compact Prep State
## Active Plan
## Current Phase
## TaskList Summary
## Session Decisions
## Constraints and Blockers
## Worker Topology
## Skills Invoked
## Editing Files
## Failed Attempts
## Recovery Notes

© u-ichi, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/compact-plus of u-ichi/compact-plus.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit acb5b80