condense-memory

# condense-memory > **Experimental.** Output-side telegraph dialect did not meet kill-criterion in [`internal/bench/reports/telegraph-v1.md`](../../../bench/reports/telegraph-v1.md) (`vs_terse` median −9.27 %). Input-side memory condensation is orthogonal use case: savings target always-loaded memory budget, not reply stream. Treat ship-criterion as **per-target measurement**, not v1 verdict. ## When to use Use when: - Always-loaded memory file (`AGENTS.md`, `CLAUDE.md`, `.cursorrules`, `GEMINI.md`, `.windsurfrules`) close to or above host tool's char budget and maintainer wants to recover input-token headroom. - Consumer-shipped `templates/AGENTS.md` failing `agents-md-thin-root` cap and pointer-extraction options exhausted. - Maintainer asks to "condense this memory file" or "shrink AGENTS.md" or names input-side telegraph. ## Do NOT - Condense reply, commit message, PR body, ticket summary, or any deliverable written *for* human reader — those are carve-outs in [`telegraph-speak § Carve-outs`](../../rules/telegraph-speak.md) and stay verbatim. - Condense path matching sensitive-file denylist (`.env*`, `.netrc`, `credentials*`, `secrets*`, `id_rsa*`, `*.pem|key|p12|pfx|crt|cer|jks`, `.ssh/*`) — script refuses with `SensitivePathError` and so should you. - Condense generated file (`dist/agent-src/`, `.augment/`, `.claude/`, `.cursor/`, `.clinerules/`, `.windsurfrules`) — edit source in `.agent-src.uncondensed/` and regenerate via package's sync + generate-tools scripts...