{"version":"2.1.271","anchor":"new-incrementalpartial-conversation-summary-prompts-for-com","canonical_anchor":"new-incrementalpartial-conversation-summary-prompts-for-com","heading":"New incremental\/partial conversation-summary prompts for compaction","tier":"notice","area":"Compaction","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.271\/e\/new-incrementalpartial-conversation-summary-prompts-for-com","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.271","markdown":"### New incremental\/partial conversation-summary prompts for compaction\n\nConversation compaction gains two new summary styles for partial history instead of only full-history summaries\n\n**What**\n\nWhen Claude Code compacts (summarizes) a long conversation to free up context space, it now has two additional summary templates beyond the original full-history one:\n\n- one for summarizing only the recent portion of a conversation, when the earlier context is being kept intact and doesn't need re-summarizing\n\n- one for summarizing a section of conversation that will be followed by more messages Claude hasn't seen yet, which now includes a \"Context for Continuing Work\" section instead of the old \"Optional Next Step\" section\n\n**Why**\n\nThis lets compaction summarize just the part of a conversation that actually needs it, rather than always re-summarizing everything, which should produce more accurate and relevant summaries when only part of the history needs compacting.\n\n- Area: Compaction\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}