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Apr 4, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Inside Claude Code: Three‑Tier Compression Enabling Unlimited‑Length AI Tasks

The article dissects Claude Code's three‑level progressive compression system—MicroCompact, SessionMemoryCompact, and Full Compact—showing how it edits cached prompts, maintains background memory files, and generates a structured nine‑section summary to keep AI agents operating over arbitrarily long conversations within a limited context window.