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Compress memory/context files into terse form. Trigger: /compress, compress file

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$ npx -y skills add FerroxLabs/ijfw --skill ijfw-compress --agent claude-code

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ijfw-compress.SKILL.md
name: ijfw-compress
description: "Compress memory/context files into terse form. Trigger: /compress, compress file"

Compress the target file. Preserve all meaning. Reduce tokens.

Rules:

  • Drop: articles (a/an/the), filler (just/really/basically), hedging, pleasantries.
  • Fragments OK. Short synonyms (big not extensive, fix not implement a solution).
  • Arrows for causality (X → Y).
  • Abbreviate common terms (DB/auth/config/req/res/fn/impl/env/deps).
  • Preserve EXACTLY: code blocks, URLs, file paths, commands, headings, dates, versions, technical terms.
  • Only compress prose. Never touch code.

Process: 1. Back up: cp <file> <file>.original.md 2. Compress prose sections. 3. Validate: all headings preserved, all code blocks intact, all URLs unchanged. 4. Report savings as measured per-artifact: "Compressed: <before> -> <after> tokens (<percent>% saved on this artifact)". Report the MEASURED number from wc -w / token-count on the actual files. Do NOT claim a fixed percentage — savings vary widely by input shape (verbose handoffs compress further than dense memory files). v1.5.0 audit removed the legacy hardcoded "50% / 40-50%" framing from this skill in favor of measured-per-receipt reporting.

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ijfw-compress installs in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode and Windsurf with the skills CLI, using each agent's flag shown on this page. Flowy's auto-invocation, which fires a skill when your prompt matches, runs in Claude Code only.