sdd-compress-context

name	sdd-compress-context
description	Reduce context footprint while preserving governance context.
risk	low

compress-context

Purpose

Reduce the token footprint of the current session context while preserving all governance-critical information. Applies token economy policies to identify and summarize or discard low-value context segments.

When to use

• Token usage is high (approaching budget ceiling)
• Session has grown long with accumulated context
• Before starting a new complex task requiring full context budget
• When sdd runtime status reports context above compression threshold

Required protocol

1. Load .sdd/agent-instructions.md
2. Confirm skill is registered in .sdd/skills/registry.json as sdd-compress-context
3. Check current status: sdd runtime status
4. Apply compression: identify and summarize low-value context
5. Preserve: governance mandates, active task state, critical decisions
6. Return policy_result and compressed context summary

Allowed CLI

• sdd runtime status

Output format

Return YAML with:

• policy_result: PASS | WARN
• tokens_before: estimated token count before compression
• tokens_after: estimated token count after compression
• preserved: list of preserved context segments
• discarded: list of discarded context segments

Non-compliance

• Do not discard active governance mandates or policy constraints
• Do not discard the current task state or uncommitted decisions
• Do not compress below the governance context floor