| name | paleo-converse |
| description | Use when user says "compress conversation", "condense chat", "summarize history", "too long context", or a session has many old turns. Condense prior conversation turns into a tight summary, merge near-duplicate messages, keep the last N turns verbatim. Saves context tokens without losing task state. Off: "stop condensing" / "keep full history". |
| version | 2.4.1 |
| license | MIT |
| metadata | {"hermes":{"tags":["tokens","context","conversation","compression","dedup"],"related_skills":["paleo","paleo-trim-context"]}} |
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.
Gotchas
- Don't compress the turn you're acting on — only history.
- If the user references "what we said earlier" ambiguously, keep a bit more context.
- High-stakes (legal/spec/config review): keep exact quotes.
