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Conversation summarization for memory compression and context management

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$ npx -y skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill memory-summarization --agent claude-code

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  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/memory-summarization

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Conversation summarization for memory compression and context management

SKILL.md

memory-summarization.SKILL.md
name: memory-summarization
description: Conversation summarization for memory compression and context management
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - Write
  - Edit
  - Bash
  - Glob
  - Grep
graph:
  domains: [domain:software-engineering]
  specializations: [specialization:ai-agents-conversational]
  skillAreas: [skill-area:context-management, skill-area:llm-summarization-qa]
  roles: [role:ml-engineer, role:backend-engineer]
  workflows: [workflow:feature-development, workflow:ml-model-lifecycle]

Memory Summarization Skill

Capabilities

  • Implement conversation summarization strategies
  • Configure rolling summary updates
  • Design hierarchical summarization
  • Implement token-aware summarization
  • Create extractive and abstractive summaries
  • Design summary quality evaluation

Target Processes

  • conversational-memory-system
  • long-term-memory-management

Implementation Details

Summarization Strategies

1. **Rolling Summary**: Update summary with new messages 2. **Hierarchical**: Multi-level summarization 3. **Token-Budget**: Fit within token limits 4. **Extractive**: Key message selection 5. **Abstractive**: LLM-generated summaries

Configuration Options

  • LLM for summarization
  • Summary token budget
  • Update frequency
  • Summary template
  • Quality thresholds

Best Practices

  • Balance detail vs compression
  • Preserve key information
  • Monitor summary quality
  • Test with long conversations
  • Handle context window limits

Dependencies

  • langchain-core
  • LLM provider
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