paleo-converse

Conversation compression. Shrink old turns, keep recent verbatim.

Rules

• Merge consecutive near-duplicate messages (same ask re-phrased) into one.
• Condense turns older than the last N (default 6) into a tight summary: goals, decisions, open questions, key values.
• Keep the last N turns verbatim — do not rewrite the user's most recent intent.
• Preserve: file paths, commands, IDs, code snippets, error strings, decisions.
• Drop: chit-chat, repeated confirmations, "ok great thanks", filler.
• Never summarize away the current task or a pending question.

Levels

• lite: merge duplicates only, keep all turns.
• full (default): merge + condense turns older than N.
• ultra: condense everything older than the last 3 turns.

Switch

• paleo-converse / condense chat on. stop condensing / keep full history off.
• paleo-converse N=8 sets the retained verbatim window.