[FEATURE] Reduce context consumption from system reminders

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jan 13, 2026 by saade155 Closed Feb 26, 2026

Preflight Checklist

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Problem Statement

System reminders are injected into every message exchange and consume significant context, especially during rapid back-and-forth conversations (like test result logging).

Issues observed:

File modification reminders repeat full file contents even when unchanged
Reminders like TodoWrite nudges appear even when irrelevant to current workflow
No user control to disable/configure reminder types

Proposed Solution

Suggestions:

Don't repeat unchanged file contents in modification reminders
Allow users to disable specific reminder categories (via settings)
Dedupe/batch reminders that would otherwise repeat
Impact: In one session, context usage was ~15% per user message during a simple test logging workflow, primarily due to repeated system reminder processing.

Alternative Solutions

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Priority

High - Significant impact on productivity

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

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Additional Context

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