Tips to manage context headroom due to PAI in Claude Code

[baalho]

Good Morning All, and thank you Daniel for sharing your project. Recently migrated to v5.
However, just initial start of Claude code, and i am at 20%. I am having to compact very frequently.
I try to start a vanilla instance of Claude on another WSL/computer and have my PAI agent write the PRD and push to GitHub and the vanilla Claude code (mostly sonnet) execute on the plan.
Are there other methods or tips that anyone would like to share or some best practices?

[baalho]

I have been using Claude to streamline PAI to my situation, and i have been able to optimize a lot. particularity claude /login does not work for our setup as we have a company provided gateway and bearer token and a custom cli that configures claude.

so with claude/PAI customized to my setup, its has helped a lot.
Thank you.

[danielmiessler]

Hey @baalho, thanks for raising this, and sorry it sat for a while.

We're changing how LifeOS ships. Instead of cloning a full ~/.claude directory and running it as a complete system, LifeOS is becoming a skill you install through an agentic installer. The installer hands integration to your own AI, which reads your actual machine (your OS, your paths, your harness) and wires the hooks and system prompt in where they belong.

That's aimed right at what you hit here. The old "one directory, one layout, hope it matches your setup" approach is exactly what broke for so many people, and the new model should handle it far better because your AI does the integration per machine instead of us guessing.

So we're closing this in prep for that release. If it still bites you once the skill-based version is out, reopen or file a fresh one and we'll jump on it. Appreciate you taking the time.