CLI-56: Implement Automatic Context Compaction and Retry - #620
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This pull request implements automatic context compaction and retry for tool calls when a context window exceeded error occurs.
Key Changes:
ContextWindowExceededErroris encountered, the system will automatically attempt to compact the chat history and file diffs.max-compaction-retriesoption (default 3, range 1-10) limits the number of compaction attempts.Conditions for Auto-Compaction Triggering:
Automatic context compaction is triggered under the following conditions:
ContextWindowExceededErroris returned by the LLM API during a tool call, andenable-context-compactionis set totrue.enable-context-compactionistrue, the system will attempt compaction first before prompting the user./dropto remove files.max-compaction-retriestimes (default 3, max 10). In agent mode, the cap is 2.Commits included:
Note: This PR is from my fork (
szmania/cecli) to the upstreamcecli-dev/ceclirepository. The branchcli-56-add-automatic-context-compactionhas been pushed toorigin.