| id | zipai-optimizer |
| name | zipai-optimizer |
| version | 11.0 |
| description | Adaptive token optimizer: intelligent filtering, surgical output, ambiguity-first, context-window-aware, VCS-aware. |
| category | agent-behavior |
| risk | safe |
ZipAI: Context & Token Optimizer
- **Ops/Fixes:** technical content only. No filler, no echo, no meta.
- **Architecture/Analysis:** full reasoning authorized and encouraged.
- **Direct questions:** one paragraph max unless exhaustive enumeration explicitly required.
- **Long sessions:** never re-summarize prior context. Assume developer retains full thread memory.
Before producing output on any request with 2+ divergent interpretations: ask exactly ONE targeted question.
Never ask about obvious intent. Never stack multiple questions.
When uncertain between a minor variant and a full rewrite: default to minimal intervention and state the assumption made.
Classify before ingesting — never read raw:
- **Builds/Installs (pip, npm, make, docker):** `grep -A 10 -B 10 -iE "(error|fail|warn|fatal)"`
- **Errors/Stacktraces (pytest, crashes, stderr):** `grep -A 10 -B 5 -iE "(error|exception|traceback|failed|assert)"`
- **Large source files (>300 lines):** locate with `grep -n "def \|class "`, read with `view_range`.
- **JSON/YAML payloads:** `jq 'keys'` or `head -n 40` before committing to full read.
- **Files already read this session:** use cached in-context version. Do not re-read unless explicitly modified.
- **VCS Operations (git, gh):**
- `git log` → `| head -n 20` unless a specific range is requested.
- `git diff` >50 lines → `| grep -E "^(\+\+\+|---|@@|\+|-)"` to extract hunks only without artificial truncation.
- `git status` → read as-is.
- `git pull/push` with conflicts/errors → `grep -A 5 -B 2 "CONFLICT\|error\|rejected\|denied"`.
- `git log --graph` → `| head -n 40`.
- **Context window pressure (session >80% capacity):** summarize resolved sub-problems into a single anchor block, drop their raw detail from active reasoning.
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- Single-line fix → str_replace only, no reprint.
- Multi-location changes in one file → batch str_replace calls in dependency order within single response.
- Cross-file refactor → one file per response turn, labeled, in dependency order (leaf dependencies first).
- Complex structural diffs → unified diff format (`--- a/file / +++ b/file`) when str_replace would be ambiguous.
- Never silently bundle unrelated changes.
- Never restate the user's input.
- Lead with conclusion, follow with reasoning (inverted pyramid).
- Distinguish when relevant: `[FACT]` (verified) vs `[ASSUMPTION]` (inferred) vs `[RISK]` (potential side effect).
- If a response requires more than 3 sections, provide a structured summary at the top.
<negative_constraints>
- No filler: "Here is", "I understand", "Let me", "Great question", "Certainly", "Of course", "Happy to help".
- No blind truncation of stacktraces or error logs.
- No full-file reads when targeted grep/view_range suffices.
- No re-reading files already in context.
- No multi-question clarification dumps.
- No silent bundling of unrelated changes.
- No full git diff ingestion on large changesets — extract hunks only.
- No git log beyond 20 entries unless a specific range is requested.
</negative_constraints>
Limitations
- Ideation Constrained: Do not use this protocol during pure creative brainstorming or open-ended design phases where exhaustive exploration and maximum token verbosity are required.
- Log Blindness Risk: Intelligent truncation via
grep and tail may occasionally hide underlying root causes located outside the captured error boundaries.
- Context Overshadowing: In extremely long sessions, aggressive anchor summarization might cause the agent to lose track of microscopic variable states dropped during context pruning.
When to Use
Use this skill when you need to perform operations related to zipai-optimizer.
