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Token-efficient prompt compression techniques for cost optimization

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$ npx -y skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill prompt-compression --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • 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/prompt-compression

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Token-efficient prompt compression techniques for cost optimization

SKILL.md

prompt-compression.SKILL.md
name: prompt-compression
description: Token-efficient prompt compression techniques for cost optimization
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - Write
  - Edit
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  - Glob
  - Grep
graph:
  domains: [domain:software-engineering]
  specializations: [specialization:ai-agents-conversational]
  skillAreas: [skill-area:context-management, skill-area:prompt-engineering]
  roles: [role:ml-engineer, role:backend-engineer]
  workflows: [workflow:ml-model-lifecycle, workflow:feature-development]

Prompt Compression Skill

Capabilities

  • Implement token-efficient prompt compression
  • Design context pruning strategies
  • Configure selective context inclusion
  • Implement LLMLingua-style compression
  • Design summary-based compression
  • Create compression quality metrics

Target Processes

  • cost-optimization-llm
  • agent-performance-optimization

Implementation Details

Compression Techniques

1. **LLMLingua**: Token-level compression 2. **Summary Compression**: LLM-based summarization 3. **Selective Context**: Relevant section extraction 4. **Token Pruning**: Remove low-importance tokens 5. **Document Filtering**: Pre-retrieval filtering

Configuration Options

  • Compression ratio targets
  • Quality threshold settings
  • Token budget constraints
  • Compression model selection
  • Evaluation metrics

Best Practices

  • Monitor quality vs compression tradeoff
  • Test with representative prompts
  • Set appropriate compression ratios
  • Validate compressed prompt quality
  • Track cost savings

Dependencies

  • llmlingua (optional)
  • tiktoken
  • transformers
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