+ A long conversation eventually fills the model's context. When it gets + close, the earlier turns are summarised and the summary is sent in their + place. The messages themselves are kept and stay readable in the + transcript — they simply stop being sent. +
+
+ Percent of the model's context length. 0 turns automatic
+ compaction off; the button in each chat still works. Nothing happens for
+ a model whose context length is unset under
+ Models — that is "unknown", not "small", and
+ this will not act on a number nobody supplied. The wording of the
+ summary is under Prompts.
+
+ These are no longer sent to the model; a summary of them goes instead. They + are kept here so nothing is lost. +
+