Context and long chats

What a turn is sent, how full the context is, compaction, long outputs and spill files.

• Token usage and context pressure

  The token and context figures Oda keeps per turn, the context ring and its breakdown panel, and why the figures are a reference rather than a bill.

• System prompt, context and compaction

  Inspect what a turn was sent: the system prompt, context injections, session recall and compaction summaries.

• System prompt and persona assembly

  How Oda assembles its instructions: identity, persona, runtime context, prompt sections and variables, and their order.

• Chat compaction

  How Oda keeps long chats going: automatic compaction, the /compact command with its messages, and what a checkpoint keeps.

• Tool result pruning and image offload

  How Oda trims oversized tool results under pressure, and what happens to images when a model runs out of room for them or accepts text only.

• Result limits and spill files

  Why long results are cut with Omitted notices, what each tool keeps, and where full results are stored on your computer and for how long.