Context Management

Tool Result Clearing

Throwing away bulky old printouts while keeping the conclusions you wrote down from them.

Definition

A lighter form of compaction where the raw results of previous tool calls (like long terminal outputs or file reads) are cleared to save space, while keeping the conclusions and decisions derived from them.

Example

A 3,000-line test log from step 4 is replaced with [cleared], but the agent's note 'two tests fail in auth' stays.