Claude Code can forget earlier instructions after context compaction because it continues with a compressed account of the conversation. A requirement mentioned only in chat may lose an…
You can customize context compaction instructions in Claude Code in two ways: add a focus after /compact for a particular compaction, or put a Compact Instructions section in…
Claude Code context compaction can keep repeating when the next file read or tool result fills the space that the previous summary just freed. The same pattern can…
If you are still on the same Claude Code task and the window is full of stale debugging, run /compact with a short hint about what must survive.…
