eap-signal-compress

name	eap-signal-compress
description	Compress natural language memory files (CLAUDE.md, todos, preferences) into EAP-Signal prose to save input tokens. Preserves code, URLs, paths, structure. Backup under XDG data dir (or %LOCALAPPDATA%). Trigger: /eap-signal-compress FILEPATH or "compress memory file".
license	MIT

EAP-Signal Compress

Purpose

Compress natural language files into Signal style to reduce input tokens. Compressed version overwrites original. Original backed up out-of-tree (see scripts/compress.py).

Trigger

/eap-signal-compress <filepath> or when user asks to compress a memory file.

Process

1. Scripts live in scripts/ adjacent to this SKILL.md. Search for scripts/__main__.py next to this SKILL.md if needed.

2. From the directory containing this SKILL.md, run:

python3 -m scripts <absolute_filepath>

3. The CLI will detect file type, call the model to compress, validate, retry up to 2 times, and report errors without touching the original on failure.

4. Return result to user.

Compression Rules

Remove

• Articles: a, an, the
• Filler: just, really, basically, actually, simply, essentially, generally
• Pleasantries / hedging / connective fluff

Preserve EXACTLY

• Code blocks, inline code, URLs, paths, commands, technical terms, proper nouns, versions, env vars

Preserve Structure

• Headings, lists, tables, frontmatter

CRITICAL: Anything inside ... or inline `...` is read-only.

Boundaries

• ONLY compress natural language files (.md, .txt, .typ, .typst, .tex, extensionless)
• NEVER modify code/config extensions (.py, .js, .ts, .json, .yaml, .yml, .toml, .env, .lock, …)
• Never compress FILE.original.md backups
• See SECURITY.md for API/subprocess risk notes