v0.12.0

0.12.0

Features

• Built-in embedding model, so semantic search needs no Ollama (a5bb9f5)
• Turn on semantic search by default when Ollama is running (588688a)

Other changes

• Merge pull request #3 from bcmyguest/feat/semantic-search-default (9f0db2b)

Thanks @bcmyguest1, @github-actions[bot]

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npm

npm install -g smarter-compact@0.12.0

Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/smarter-compact/v/0.12.0

v0.11.0

0.11.0

Features

• Run the proxy in Docker by default with restart always (20e629c)

Bug Fixes

• Run status through installed CLI (1991e43)

Tests

• Expect the platform's path separator in the docker mount (ff67724)

Other changes

• Merge pull request #2 from bcmyguest/feat/docker-proxy-default (3a45d55)

Thanks @bcmyguest1, @github-actions[bot]

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npm

npm install -g smarter-compact@0.11.0

Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/smarter-compact/v/0.11.0

v0.10.1

0.10.1

Bug Fixes

• proxy: Health probe waits 5 s (8580ca0)
• proxy: CLI waits 30 s for litellm to listen (b8a04cd)
• search: Test patterns against whole rows, not the first 20,000 chars (30d624f)

Thanks @github-actions[bot]

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npm

npm install -g smarter-compact@0.10.1

Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/smarter-compact/v/0.10.1

v0.10.0

0.10.0

Features

• Smarter-compact proxy restart (Linux, macOS, Windows) (deefcb5)
• Enable/disable log each step; -q for quiet (6d486f0)

Bug Fixes

• Hide child process windows on Windows (#1) (80a3c0b)

Documentation

• Upgrade section for proxy-backed agents (9e75075)
• Remote Control needs the proxy disabled (16001a0)
• ContextBench run G at v0.9.0, 85% cost saving; regenerate chart and demo (5402a01)

CI

• Run tests on Windows; fix Windows failures (#1) (98f407a)

Other changes

• Update README.md (3acd9b5)

Thanks @github-actions[bot]

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npm

npm install -g smarter-compact@0.10.0

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v0.9.0

0.9.0

Features

• Ledger off by default (early stops on Terminal-Bench); research note with its source (c46f504)

Bug Fixes

• Proxy notes go in their own system message (inline where none exists); never user text (ae7d5e1)

Thanks @github-actions[bot]

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npm

npm install -g smarter-compact@0.9.0

Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/smarter-compact/v/0.9.0

v0.8.1

0.8.1

Bug Fixes

• instruction: 'when you need earlier content' and 'switch to a different approach' (no answering/stop framing) (16616d2)

Thanks @github-actions[bot]

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npm

npm install -g smarter-compact@0.8.1

Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/smarter-compact/v/0.8.1

v0.8.0

0.8.0

Features

• Ledger, keep-errors (≤2,000 chars) and log reduction on by default; ledger pointers only for identical output (12ca01d)

Bug Fixes

• Recall results untouched on arrival, get returns plain text, ledger parses real shell writes; trim note and nudge say keep working (2de1739)
• Ledger.py ends with one newline (end-of-file-fixer) (51bd4b5)

Documentation

• Plain-language pass on published pages (c7060f1)
• readme: Plain benchmark summary (cf42384)

Thanks @github-actions[bot]

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npm

npm install -g smarter-compact@0.8.0

Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/smarter-compact/v/0.8.0

v0.7.0

0.7.0

Features

• Cold-cache trim (CONTEXT_COLD_TRIM) and split cache TTL (CONTEXT_CACHE_TTL_SPLIT), both off; session db v6 (2577b6b)
• Time-remaining note on new tool results (CONTEXT_TIME_BUDGET_SECONDS, off by default) (9316b64)
• Ledger, batched reasoning strip, log reduction, keep errors (all off by default) (28d22a1)
• Standing reuse rules (CONTEXT_REUSE_RULES) and identical-result pointers (CONTEXT_DEDUP_RESULTS) (a33db3f)
• bench: LHTB continue_until_timeout (upstream loop); evict: repeated-command rule for read-only commands only (9a06cc4)
• trim: Count signed reasoning, strip it without dropping messages; drop CONTEXT_CLEAR_FIT (351b306)
• clear: Clear tool-call input strings over 2000 chars with their results (eaa4c67)
• bench: Verifiers use a mounted uv + Python, no GitHub download (4c47a33)
• Lifecycle eviction behind CONTEXT_EVICTION (after TokenPilot) (446db0b)
• bench: Report verifier partial credit from CTRF (0c7fbcb)
• clear: Each cleared result names its own smart_compact_get id (148e163)

Bug Fixes

• proxy: Read the 1h/5m cache-write split from LiteLLM's prompt_tokens_details (df8aef4)
• Ledger and clock attach to the newest unpinned item (Claude Code ends requests with a system message) (f75186b)
• clear: Accept clearing alone under CONTEXT_CLEAR_FIT x trim_at (0.63) (7e07e77)

Documentation

• research: Correct the reasoning finding; the estimate was wrong (a86b93c)
• research: What fills the context; clear fit dropped (fd2c415)

Reverts

• Drop the time-remaining note (CONTEXT_TIME_BUDGET_SECONDS); keep the ledger's newest-unpinned fix (d53d346)

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npm

npm install -g smarter-compact@0.7.0

Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/smarter-compact/v/0.7.0

v0.6.0

0.6.0

Features

• proxy: CONTEXT_DEBUG_SHAPES logs each request's shape, counts only (9daf862)

Bug Fixes

• proxy: Pin litellm 1.109.0rc1, never inherit a base URL that points at the proxy (6cd55d8)

Thanks @github-actions[bot]

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npm

npm install -g smarter-compact@0.6.0

Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/smarter-compact/v/0.6.0

v0.5.2

0.5.2

Bug Fixes

• enable: Install litellm with uv, never point agents at a dead proxy (f2a7b05)

Documentation

• research: Headroom for huge tool results, not integrated (0c79773)
• scratchpad: Animation of the nudge, write and trim cycle (cb04288)

Thanks @github-actions[bot]

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npm

npm install -g smarter-compact@0.5.2

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