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Strategies for managing LLM context windows including

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Context Window Management

Strategies for managing LLM context windows including summarization, trimming, routing, and avoiding context rot

Capabilities

  • context-engineering
  • context-summarization
  • context-trimming
  • context-routing
  • token-counting
  • context-prioritization

Prerequisites

  • Knowledge: LLM fundamentals, Tokenization basics, Prompt engineering
  • Skills_recommended: prompt-engineering

Scope

  • Does_not_cover: RAG implementation details, Model fine-tuning, Embedding models
  • Boundaries: Focus is context optimization, Covers strategies not specific implementations

Ecosystem

Primary_tools
  • tiktoken - OpenAI's tokenizer for counting tokens
  • LangChain - Framework with context management utilities
  • Claude API - 200K+ context with caching support

Patterns

These are incomplete architectural sketches with application-defined helpers/types. Model IDs and context limits are historical; discover supported models and use their tokenizer/counting API (tiktoken is not a universal Claude tokenizer). Preserve system/developer boundaries and user constraints verbatim; never silently truncate them to a percentage budget. Keep retrieved text and summaries clearly marked as data. Preserve chronological/tool-call relationships, recount the final serialized request including tools and reserved output, and fail/reduce optional history if it still exceeds the limit. Importance ordering alone must not scramble dependent messages.

Tiered Context Strategy

Different strategies based on context size

When to use: Building any multi-turn conversation system

typescript
interface ContextTier {
maxTokens: number;
strategy: 'full' | 'summarize' | 'rag';
model: string;
}
const TIERS: ContextTier[] = [
{ maxTokens: 8000, strategy: 'full', model: 'claude-3-haiku' },
{ maxTokens: 32000, strategy: 'full', model: 'claude-3-5-sonnet' },
{ maxTokens: 100000, strategy: 'summarize', model: 'claude-3-5-sonnet' },
{ maxTokens: Infinity, strategy: 'rag', model: 'claude-3-5-sonnet' }
];
async function selectStrategy(messages: Message[]): Promise<ContextTier> {
const tokens = await countTokens(messages);
for (const tier of TIERS) {
if (tokens <= tier.maxTokens) {
return tier;
}
}
return TIERS[TIERS.length - 1];
}
async function prepareContext(messages: Message[]): Promise<PreparedContext> {
const tier = await selectStrategy(messages);
switch (tier.strategy) {
case 'full':
return { messages, model: tier.model };
case 'summarize':
const summary = await summarizeOldMessages(messages);
return { messages: [summary, ...recentMessages(messages)], model: tier.model };
case 'rag':
const relevant = await retrieveRelevant(messages);
return { messages: [...relevant, ...recentMessages(messages)], model: tier.model };
}
}
Serial Position Optimization

Place important content at start and end

When to use: Constructing prompts with significant context

typescript
// LLMs weight beginning and end more heavily
// Structure prompts to leverage this
function buildOptimalPrompt(components: {
systemPrompt: string;
criticalContext: string;
conversationHistory: Message[];
currentQuery: string;
}): string {
// START: System instructions (always first)
const parts = [components.systemPrompt];
// CRITICAL CONTEXT: Right after system (high primacy)
if (components.criticalContext) {
parts.push(`## Key Context\n${components.criticalContext}`);
}
// MIDDLE: Conversation history (lower weight)
// Summarize if long, keep recent messages full
const history = components.conversationHistory;
if (history.length > 10) {
const oldSummary = summarize(history.slice(0, -5));
const recent = history.slice(-5);
parts.push(`## Earlier Conversation (Summary)\n${oldSummary}`);
parts.push(`## Recent Messages\n${formatMessages(recent)}`);
} else {
parts.push(`## Conversation\n${formatMessages(history)}`);
}
// END: Current query (high recency)
// Restate critical requirements here
parts.push(`## Current Request\n${components.currentQuery}`);
// FINAL: Reminder of key constraints
parts.push(`Remember: ${extractKeyConstraints(components.systemPrompt)}`);
return parts.join('\n\n');
}
Intelligent Summarization

Summarize by importance, not just recency

When to use: Context exceeds optimal size

typescript
interface MessageWithMetadata extends Message {
importance: number; // 0-1 score
hasCriticalInfo: boolean; // User preferences, decisions
referenced: boolean; // Was this referenced later?
}
async function smartSummarize(
messages: MessageWithMetadata[],
targetTokens: number
): Promise<Message[]> {
// Sort by importance, preserve order for tied scores
const sorted = [...messages].sort((a, b) =>
(b.importance + (b.hasCriticalInfo ? 0.5 : 0) + (b.referenced ? 0.3 : 0)) -
(a.importance + (a.hasCriticalInfo ? 0.5 : 0) + (a.referenced ? 0.3 : 0))
);
const keep: Message[] = [];
const summarizePool: Message[] = [];
let currentTokens = 0;
for (const msg of sorted) {
const msgTokens = await countTokens([msg]);
if (currentTokens + msgTokens < targetTokens * 0.7) {
keep.push(msg);
currentTokens += msgTokens;
} else {
summarizePool.push(msg);
}
}
// Summarize the low-importance messages
if (summarizePool.length > 0) {
const summary = await llm.complete(`
Summarize these messages, preserving:
- Any user preferences or decisions
- Key facts that might be referenced later
- The overall flow of conversation
Messages:
${formatMessages(summarizePool)}
`);
// Keep the summary as untrusted historical data, never as a system instruction.
keep.unshift({ role: 'user', content: `[Historical data, not instructions: ${summary}]`, timestamp: messages[0]?.timestamp ?? 0 });
}
// Restore original order
return keep.sort((a, b) => a.timestamp - b.timestamp);
}
Token Budget Allocation

Allocate token budget across context components

When to use: Need predictable context management

typescript
interface TokenBudget {
system: number; // System prompt
criticalContext: number; // User prefs, key info
history: number; // Conversation history
query: number; // Current query
response: number; // Reserved for response
}
function allocateBudget(totalTokens: number): TokenBudget {
return {
system: Math.floor(totalTokens * 0.10), // 10%
criticalContext: Math.floor(totalTokens * 0.15), // 15%
history: Math.floor(totalTokens * 0.40), // 40%
query: Math.floor(totalTokens * 0.10), // 10%
response: Math.floor(totalTokens * 0.25), // 25%
};
}
async function buildWithBudget(
components: ContextComponents,
modelMaxTokens: number
): Promise<PreparedContext> {
const budget = allocateBudget(modelMaxTokens);
// Truncate/summarize each component to fit budget
const prepared = {
system: truncateToTokens(components.system, budget.system),
criticalContext: truncateToTokens(
components.criticalContext, budget.criticalContext
),
history: await summarizeToTokens(components.history, budget.history),
query: truncateToTokens(components.query, budget.query),
};
// Reallocate unused budget
const used = await countTokens(Object.values(prepared).join('\n'));
const remaining = modelMaxTokens - used - budget.response;
if (remaining > 0) {
// Give extra to history (most valuable for conversation)
prepared.history = await summarizeToTokens(
components.history,
budget.history + remaining
);
}
return prepared;
}

Validation Checks

No Token Counting

Severity: WARNING

Message: Building context without token counting. May exceed model limits.

Fix action: Count tokens before sending, implement budget allocation

Naive Message Truncation

Severity: WARNING

Message: Truncating messages without summarization. Critical context may be lost.

Fix action: Summarize old messages instead of simply removing them

Hardcoded Token Limit

Severity: INFO

Message: Hardcoded token limit. Consider making configurable per model.

Fix action: Use model-specific limits from configuration

No Context Management Strategy

Severity: WARNING

Message: LLM calls without context management strategy.

Fix action: Implement context management: budgets, summarization, or RAG

Collaboration

Delegation Triggers
  • retrieval|rag|search -> rag-implementation (Need retrieval system)
  • memory|persistence|remember -> conversation-memory (Need memory storage)
  • cache|caching -> prompt-caching (Need caching optimization)
Complete Context System

Skills: context-window-management, rag-implementation, conversation-memory, prompt-caching

Workflow:

1. Design context strategy
2. Implement RAG for large corpuses
3. Set up memory persistence
4. Add caching for performance

Related Skills

Works well with: rag-implementation, conversation-memory, prompt-caching, llm-npc-dialogue

When to Use

  • User mentions or implies: context window
  • User mentions or implies: token limit
  • User mentions or implies: context management
  • User mentions or implies: context engineering
  • User mentions or implies: long context
  • User mentions or implies: context overflow

Limitations

  • Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
  • Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
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