Use clearer abbreviations in compaction diagrams

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Mario Zechner 2025-12-24 12:59:45 +01:00
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@ -188,31 +188,31 @@ When context exceeds the threshold, pi finds a "cut point" that keeps recent tur
```
Legend:
H = header U = user message A = assistant message
T = tool result C = compaction entry B = bashExecution
hdr = header usr = user message ass = assistant message
tool = tool result cmp = compaction entry bash = bashExecution
```
```
Session entries (before compaction):
index: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
H │ C │ U │ A │ T │ A │ U │ A │ T │ T │ A │ T
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
↑ └───────┬───────┘ └─────────┬─────────┘
previousSummary messagesToSummarize messagesToKeep
cutPoint.firstKeptEntryIndex = 6
index: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
┌─────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬──────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬──────┬──────┬─────┬──────┐
hdr │ cmp │ usr │ ass │ tool │ ass │ usr │ ass │ tool │ tool │ ass │ tool
└─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴──────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴──────┴──────┴─────┴──────┘
↑ └────────┬────────┘ └────────────┬────────────
previousSummary messagesToSummarize messagesToKeep
cutPoint.firstKeptEntryIndex = 6
After compaction (new entry appended):
index: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
H │ C │ U │ A │ T │ A │ U │ A │ T │ T │ A │ T │ C
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
└───────┬───────┘ └─────────┬─────────┘
ignored loaded firstKeptEntryIndex = 6
on reload on reload (stored in new C)
index: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
┌─────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬──────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬──────┬──────┬─────┬──────┬─────┐
hdr │ cmp │ usr │ ass │ tool │ ass │ usr │ ass │ tool │ tool │ ass │ tool │ cmp
└─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴──────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴──────┴──────┴─────┴──────┴─────┘
└────────┬────────┘ └────────────┬────────────┘
ignored loaded firstKeptEntryIndex = 6
on reload on reload (stored in new cmp)
```
The session file is append-only. When loading, the session loader finds the latest compaction entry, uses its summary, then loads messages starting from `firstKeptEntryIndex`. The cut point is always a user, assistant, or bashExecution message (never a tool result, which must stay with its tool call).
@ -220,11 +220,11 @@ The session file is append-only. When loading, the session loader finds the late
```
What gets sent to the LLM as context:
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ [system] [summary] [U idx 6] [A idx 7] [T idx 8] [T idx 9] [A idx 10] [T idx 11] │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
──────────────────┬──────────────────┘
from new C's summary messages from firstKeptEntryIndex onwards
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
│ [system] [summary] [usr idx 6] [ass idx 7] [tool idx 8] [tool idx 9] [ass idx 10] [tool idx 11] │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
└──────────────────────┬──────────────────────
from new cmp's summary messages from firstKeptEntryIndex onwards
```
**Split turns:** When a single turn is too large, the cut point may land mid-turn at an assistant message. In this case `cutPoint.isSplitTurn = true`:
@ -232,18 +232,18 @@ What gets sent to the LLM as context:
```
Split turn example (one huge turn that exceeds keepRecentTokens):
index: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
H │ U │ A │ T │ A │ T │ T │ A │ T │ A
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
turnStartIndex = 1 firstKeptEntryIndex = 7
│ │ (must be U/A/B, not T)
└───── turn prefix ─────┘ (idx 1-6, summarized separately)
└── kept messages (idx 7-9)
index: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
┌─────┬─────┬─────┬──────┬─────┬──────┬──────┬─────┬──────┬─────┐
hdr │ usr │ ass │ tool │ ass │ tool │ tool │ ass │ tool │ ass
└─────┴─────┴─────┴──────┴─────┴──────┴──────┴─────┴──────┴─────┘
turnStartIndex = 1 firstKeptEntryIndex = 7
│ │ (must be usr/ass/bash, not tool)
└─────────── turn prefix ───────────────┘ (idx 1-6, summarized separately)
└── kept messages (idx 7-9)
messagesToSummarize = [] (no complete turns before this one)
messagesToKeep = [A idx 7, T idx 8, A idx 9]
messagesToKeep = [ass idx 7, tool idx 8, ass idx 9]
The default compaction generates TWO summaries that get merged:
1. History summary (previousSummary + messagesToSummarize)