collapse¶

Offload — lossy, reversible

Content-agnostic fallback for an oversized tool output: keep a head + tail window, stash the full original.

How it works¶

collapse is the content-agnostic fallback for an oversized tool output nothing more specific handled: it keeps a head_lines + tail_lines window and stashes the full original behind a <<cg:HASH>> marker. It runs late (after cmdfilter/format) and skips content already marked.

Before → After¶

before:  <2,000-line log>
after:   <first 20 lines>
         ... (1960 lines omitted) <<cg:44ab…>> [full output: call context_guru_expand]
         <last 20 lines>

Lossiness¶

Lossy but reversible — the full original is stashed and recovered via context_guru_expand / GET /expand.

Configuration¶

Key	Default	Meaning
`max_tokens`	2000	Threshold above which an output is collapsed.
`head_lines`	20	Lines kept from the start.
`tail_lines`	20	Lines kept from the end.

When it shines¶

A catch-all last stage for huge outputs.

When it's inert¶

Output ≤ max_tokens, or too few lines for head/tail to help.