ELI5 Compress

Purpose

Compress natural language files (CLAUDE.md, todos, preferences) into plain, simple language to reduce input tokens. Simplifies and shrinks — not just truncation. Compressed version overwrites original. Human-readable backup saved as <filename>.original.md.

Trigger

/eli5-compress <filepath> or when user asks to compress/simplify a memory file.

Process

1. This SKILL.md lives alongside scripts/ in the same directory. Find that directory.

2. Run:

   cd <directory_containing_this_SKILL.md> && python3 -m scripts <absolute_filepath>