Feature request: compact-on-exit setting and app:compact keybinding action
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 3, 2026 by chrishwiggins Closed Apr 7, 2026
Problem
There's no way to compact and exit a session as a single action. /compact and /exit are harness primitives that can't be invoked from custom commands, skills, hooks, agents, or keybindings.
Typing /compact then waiting then /exit works, but chaining them (e.g. /compact ; /exit) quits without compacting.
Requested features (either would solve it)
compactOnExitsetting (boolean): automatically compact the conversation before exiting. Analogous to howautoCompacttriggers compaction at a context threshold.
app:compactkeybinding action: expose compact as a bindable action so users can create key chords (e.g.ctrl+k ctrl+qbound to compact, then exit). Currently the keybindings action list has no compact equivalent.
Context
autoCompact(threshold-based) exists and works well for mid-session compaction- But there's no way to ensure compaction happens at session end
- Custom commands can't reach harness primitives, so workarounds via the plugin system are impossible
- Users who
--continuesessions lose context when they exit without compacting
Workaround
Currently using autoCompact: 0.5 for aggressive mid-session compaction, plus a custom /ciao command that saves context to memory files before exit. This preserves context for fresh sessions but doesn't help --continue workflows.
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