https://github.com/claudioemmanuel/squeez

Hook-based token compressor for 5 AI CLI hosts (Claude Code, Copilot CLI, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI). Up to 95% bash compression, signature-mode for code reads, cross-call dedup, MCP server, self-teaching protocol. Zero runtime deps.
https://github.com/claudioemmanuel/squeez

ai-cli bash-hook claude-code codex-cli context-engineering context-window copilot-cli gemini-cli llm llm-tools mcp-server opencode rust session-memory signature-extraction token-compression token-optimizer zero-dependency

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Hook-based token compressor for 5 AI CLI hosts (Claude Code, Copilot CLI, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI). Up to 95% bash compression, signature-mode for code reads, cross-call dedup, MCP server, self-teaching protocol. Zero runtime deps.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/claudioemmanuel/squeez
• Owner: claudioemmanuel
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2026-03-23T11:21:53.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-05-14T23:33:11.000Z (6 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-05-15T01:32:29.811Z (6 days ago)
• Topics: ai-cli, bash-hook, claude-code, codex-cli, context-engineering, context-window, copilot-cli, gemini-cli, llm, llm-tools, mcp-server, opencode, rust, session-memory, signature-extraction, token-compression, token-optimizer, zero-dependency
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End-to-end token optimizer for Claude Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, and OpenAI Codex CLI. Compresses bash output up to **95%**, collapses redundant calls, and injects a terse prompt persona — automatically, with zero new runtime dependencies.

---

## Install

Three methods — all produce the same result (binary at `~/.claude/squeez/bin/squeez`, hooks registered).

### curl (recommended)

```bash

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/claudioemmanuel/squeez/main/install.sh | sh

```

> **Windows:** requires [Git Bash](https://git-scm.com/downloads). Run the command above inside Git Bash — PowerShell/CMD are not supported.

### npm / npx

```bash

# Install globally

npm install -g squeez

# Or run once without installing

npx squeez

```

Downloads the correct pre-built binary for your platform (macOS universal, Linux x86_64/aarch64, Windows x86_64). Requires Node ≥ 16.

### cargo (build from source)

```bash

cargo install squeez

```

Builds from [crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/squeez). Requires Rust stable. On Windows you also need [MSVC C++ Build Tools](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/).

---

### Supported hosts

`squeez setup` auto-detects every CLI present on disk and registers the hooks. `squeez uninstall` removes them. Session data and `config.ini` are preserved so reinstall is lossless.

| Host | Memory file | Bash wrap | Session memory | Budget inject (Read/Grep) | Notes |

|---|---|---|---|---|---|

| **Claude Code** | `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md` | ✅ native | ✅ native | ✅ native | Restart Claude Code to pick up hooks |

| **Copilot CLI** | `~/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md` | ✅ native | ✅ native | ✅ native | Restart Copilot CLI after setup |

| **OpenCode** | `~/.config/opencode/AGENTS.md` | ✅ native | ✅ native | ✅ native | Plugin at `~/.config/opencode/plugins/squeez.js`; MCP tool calls skip hooks (upstream sst/opencode#2319) |

| **Gemini CLI** | `~/.gemini/GEMINI.md` | ✅ native | ✅ native | 🟡 soft via `GEMINI.md` | `BeforeTool` rewrite schema pending upstream docs ([google-gemini/gemini-cli#25629](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/25629)) |

| **Codex CLI** | `~/.codex/AGENTS.md` | ✅ native | ✅ native | 🟡 soft via `AGENTS.md` | `apply_patch` hooks landed in 0.123.0 ([#18391](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/18391)); `updatedInput` + `read_file`/`grep` hook surface still pending ([openai/codex#18491](https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/18491)) |

| **Pi** | `~/.pi/agent/skills/squeez/SKILL.md` | ✅ native | ✅ via skill | ✅ native | TypeScript extension at `~/.pi/agent/extensions/squeez/index.ts`; restart Pi after setup |

### Manage

```bash

squeez setup                  # register into every detected host

squeez setup --host=    # register into one host

squeez uninstall              # remove squeez entries from every detected host

squeez uninstall --host=

```

Slugs: `claude-code` / `copilot` / `opencode` / `gemini` / `codex` / `pi`.

After install, restart the CLI you use to pick up the new hooks.

### Uninstall

```bash

squeez uninstall              # preserves session data + config.ini

bash ~/.claude/squeez/uninstall.sh   # (legacy) full wipe, if the script exists

```

### Self-update

```bash

squeez update             # download latest binary + verify SHA256

squeez update --check     # check for update without installing

squeez update --insecure  # skip checksum (not recommended)

```

---

## What it does

| Feature | Description |

|---------|-------------|

| **Bash compression** | Intercepts every command via `PreToolUse` hook, applies smart filter → dedup → grouping → truncation. Up to 95% reduction. |

| **Context engine** | Cross-call redundancy with two paths: exact-hash match (FNV-1a, fast) **and** fuzzy trigram-shingle Jaccard ≥0.85 (whitespace, timestamps, single-line edits no longer defeat dedup). |

| **Summarize fallback** | Outputs exceeding 500 lines are replaced with a ≤40-line dense summary (top errors, files, test result, tail). **Benign outputs get 2× the threshold** so successful builds stay verbatim. |

| **Adaptive intensity** | Truly adaptive: **Full** (×0.6 limits) below 80% of token budget, **Ultra** (×0.3) above. Used to be always-Ultra; now actually responds to session pressure. |

| **MCP server** | `squeez mcp` runs a JSON-RPC 2.0 server over stdio exposing 13 read-only tools so any MCP-compatible LLM can query session memory directly. Hand-rolled, no `mcp.server` dependency. |

| **Auto-teach payload** | `squeez protocol` (or the `squeez_protocol` MCP tool) prints a 2.4 KB self-describing payload — the LLM learns squeez's markers and protocol on first call. |

| **Caveman persona** | Injects an ultra-terse prompt at session start so the model responds with fewer tokens. |

| **Memory-file compression** | `squeez compress-md` compresses CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / copilot-instructions.md in-place — pure Rust, zero LLM. i18n-aware: set `lang = pt` (or `--lang pt`) for pt-BR article/filler/phrase dropping and Unicode-correct matching. |

| **Session memory** | On `SessionStart`, injects a structured summary of the previous session: files investigated, learned facts (errors + git events), completed work (builds, test passes), and next steps (unresolved errors, failing tests). Summaries carry temporal validity (`valid_from`/`valid_to`). |

| **Token tracking** | Every `PostToolUse` result (Bash, Read, Grep, Glob, Monitor, SubagentStop) feeds a `SessionContext` so squeez knows what the agent has already seen. Read/Grep/Glob/Monitor outputs are also rewritten via `updatedToolOutput` (Claude Code v2.1.119+) when content is redundant or oversized. |

| **Token economy** | Sub-agent cost tracking (~200K tokens/spawn), burn rate prediction (`[budget: ~N calls left]`), session efficiency scoring, tool result size budgets. |

| **Auto-calibration** | `squeez calibrate` runs benchmarks on install and generates an optimized `config.ini` (aggressive / balanced / conservative profiles). |

---

## Scope & Limits

squeez optimizes what it can reach — the surfaces exposed by each host's hook API. It cannot fix token leaks outside those surfaces.

### Coverage table

| Surface | How | When | Supported hosts |

|---|---|---|---|

| **Bash stdout/stderr** | `PreToolUse` wraps command w/ 4-stage pipeline (smart-filter → dedup → grouping → truncation) | Every Bash invocation | all 5 |

| **Read / Grep / Glob limits** | `PreToolUse` injects `limit` / `head_limit` per `read_max_lines` / `grep_max_results` | Every Read/Grep/Glob call | Claude Code, Copilot, OpenCode (hard); Gemini + Codex soft via GEMINI.md / AGENTS.md |

| **Read / Grep / Glob / Monitor output rewrite** | `PostToolUse` runs `squeez compress-output` and returns `updatedToolOutput` when content is redundant or oversized | Claude Code v2.1.119+ | Claude Code |

| **Agent / Task prompt** | `PreToolUse` compresses `tool_input.prompt` (markdown-aware, via `compress-prompt`) | When prompt > `agent_prompt_max_tokens` | Claude Code (post–v1.8.0) |

| **Sub-agent output** | `SubagentStop` hook feeds `last_assistant_message` into SessionContext for cross-call dedup | On every sub-agent completion | Claude Code |

| **Compaction lifecycle** | `PreCompact` logs the event; `PostCompact` emits a re-arm reminder so the model knows compression is still active | On context compaction | Claude Code |

| **Session memory** | `SessionStart` injects prior session summary + file-access cache | Once per session start | all 5 |

| **Markdown viewing** | Bash handler routes `.md` reads through `compress-md` when `auto_compress_md=true` | Viewer commands on .md paths | all 5 |

### What squeez CANNOT compress

**Agent/Task returned output.** No hook API surface exists to rewrite an Agent's return value. `PostToolUse updatedToolOutput` (Claude Code v2.1.119+) covers built-in tools (Read, Grep, Glob, Monitor) but not the Agent/Task result. Workaround: keep agent prompts compact (squeez compresses at dispatch time via PreToolUse), and use `squeez_agent_costs` MCP tool to monitor spawn overhead.

**Skills & slash-command files.** Claude Code loads these into the system prompt before any hook fires. squeez has no visibility into session-start system prompt construction.

**User's top-level prompt.** squeez runs per tool call, not on user turns.

**Tools whose host doesn't expose PreToolUse / BeforeTool.** E.g. Codex `apply_patch` hooks landed in 0.123.0, but `updatedInput` is explicitly unsupported and `read_file`/`grep` still have no hook surface ([openai/codex#18491](https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/18491)) — so Read/Grep caps for Codex are soft hints in AGENTS.md, not hard injections.

### Secondary wins (not compression, but token-saving)

- **Cross-call redundancy dedup** — exact-hash and fuzzy-trigram collapsing across 16 recent calls (see [Context engine](#what-it-does))

- **File-access cache** — subsequent Bash commands trimmed when re-reading a file squeez has already fingerprinted

- **Burn-rate warnings** — `[budget: ~N calls left]` nudges so the user changes behavior before context pressure spikes

### Reducing overall session cost

squeez cannot automate these, but you can:

- Fewer Agent/Task dispatches per session → use `squeez_agent_costs` to track, then refactor tasks to batch work

- Smaller prompts injected into agents → squeez compresses them at dispatch, but smaller is better

- Shorter CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md files → run `squeez compress-md --ultra` to drop abbreviations and filler

---

## Benchmarks

Measured on macOS (Apple Silicon). Token count = `chars / 4` (matches Claude's ~4 chars/token). Run `squeez benchmark` to reproduce.

### Per-scenario results — 28 scenarios × 5 iterations

| Scenario | Before | After | Reduction | Latency |

|----------|--------|-------|-----------|---------|

| `summarize_huge` | 82,257 tk | 420 tk | **-99%** | 55.9 ms |

| `repetitive_output` | 4,692 tk | 37 tk | **-99%** | 221 µs |

| `xcode_build` | 1,881 tk | 17 tk | **-99%** | 83 µs |

| `high_context_adaptive` | 4,418 tk | 52 tk | **-99%** | 866 µs |

| `agent_directory_output` | 3,348 tk | 167 tk | **-95%** | 371 µs |

| `ps_aux` | 40,373 tk | 2,352 tk | **-94%** | 4.6 ms |

| `git_log_200` | 2,692 tk | 289 tk | **-89%** | 229 µs |

| `tsc_errors` | 731 tk | 101 tk | **-86%** | 22 µs |

| `cargo_build_noisy` | 2,106 tk | 452 tk | **-79%** | 289 µs |

| `docker_logs` | 665 tk | 186 tk | **-72%** | 50 µs |

| `curl_html_response` | 2,181 tk | 626 tk | **-71%** | 50 µs |

| `find_deep` | 424 tk | 134 tk | **-68%** | 132 µs |

| `git_status` | 50 tk | 16 tk | **-68%** | 15 µs |

| `pytest_failures` | 3,402 tk | 1,189 tk | **-65%** | 358 µs |

| `verbose_app_log` | 4,957 tk | 1,991 tk | **-60%** | 330 µs |

| `npm_install` | 524 tk | 232 tk | **-56%** | 49 µs |

| `crosscall_redundancy_3x` | 486 tk | 241 tk | **-50%** | 51.7 ms |

| `ls_la` | 1,782 tk | 886 tk | **-50%** | 237 µs |

| `env_dump` | 441 tk | 287 tk | **-35%** | 28 µs |

| `git_copilot` | 640 tk | 421 tk | **-34%** | 131 µs |

| `agent_heavy` | 2,306 tk | 1,564 tk | **-32%** | 368 µs |

| `md_prose` | 187 tk | 138 tk | **-26%** | 880 µs |

| `md_claude_md` | 316 tk | 247 tk | **-22%** | 1.4 ms |

| `claude_md_overhead` | 717 tk | 649 tk | **-9%** | 22 µs |

| `git_diff` | 502 tk | 497 tk | **-1%** | 44 µs |

| `jest_failures` | 451 tk | 448 tk | **-1%** | 54 µs |

| `state_first_simulation` | 182 tk | 181 tk | **-1%** | 5 µs |

| `kubectl_pods` | 1,513 tk | 1,513 tk | **-0%** | 36 µs |

### Aggregate

| Metric | Value |

|--------|-------|

| **Total token reduction** | **90.7%** — 164,224 tk → 15,333 tk |

| Bash output | **-83.9%** |

| Markdown / context files | **-23.5%** |

| Wrap / cross-call engine | **-99.2%** |

| Quality (signal terms preserved) | **28 / 28 pass** |

| Latency p50 (filter mode) | **4.2 ms** |

| Latency p95 (incl. wrap/summarize) | **52 ms** |

### Estimated cost savings — Claude Sonnet 4.6 · $3.00 / MTok input

| Usage | Baseline / month | Saved / month |

|-------|-----------------|---------------|

| 100 calls / day | $18.00 | **$16.32 (91%)** |

| 1,000 calls / day | $180.00 | **$163.19 (91%)** |

| 10,000 calls / day | $1800.00 | **$1631.88 (91%)** |

---

## Commands

```bash

squeez wrap                         # compress a command's output end-to-end

squeez filter                      # compress stdin (piped usage)

squeez compress-md [--ultra] [--dry-run] [--all] ...   # compress markdown files

squeez benchmark [--json] [--output ] [--scenario ] [--iterations ]

squeez mcp                               # JSON-RPC 2.0 MCP server over stdin/stdout

squeez protocol                          # print the auto-teach payload (markers + protocol)

squeez update [--check] [--insecure]     # self-update

squeez init [--copilot]                  # session-start hook (called by hook, not manually)

squeez calibrate                         # auto-tune config from benchmarks

squeez budget-params               # output JSON budget patch for tool

squeez --version

```

### Escape hatch — bypass compression for one command

```bash

--no-squeez git log --all --graph

```

Prefix any command with `--no-squeez` to run it raw without squeez touching it.

### `squeez wrap`

Runs a command, compresses its output, and prints a savings header:

```

# squeez [git log] 2692→289 tokens (-89%) 0.2ms [adaptive: Ultra]

```

### `squeez filter`

Reads from stdin. Use for manual pipelines:

```bash

git log --oneline | squeez filter git

docker logs mycontainer 2>&1 | squeez filter docker

```

### `squeez compress-md`

Pure-Rust, zero-LLM compressor for markdown files. Preserves code blocks, inline code, URLs, headings, file paths, and tables. Compresses prose only. Always writes a backup at `.original.md`.

```bash

squeez compress-md CLAUDE.md             # Full mode (English default)

squeez compress-md --ultra CLAUDE.md    # + abbreviations (with→w/, fn, cfg, etc.)

squeez compress-md --lang pt CLAUDE.md  # pt-BR locale (articles, fillers, phrases)

squeez compress-md --dry-run CLAUDE.md  # preview, no write

squeez compress-md --all                # compress all known locations automatically

```

When `auto_compress_md = true` (default), `squeez init` runs `--all` silently on every session start.

### `squeez benchmark`

Reproducible measurement of token reduction, cost, latency, and quality across 19 scenarios:

```bash

squeez benchmark                          # human-readable report

squeez benchmark --json                   # JSON to stdout

squeez benchmark --output report.json     # save JSON report

squeez benchmark --scenario git           # run only git scenarios

squeez benchmark --iterations 5           # more iterations per scenario

squeez benchmark --list                   # list all scenarios

```

Quality is scored by checking that **signal terms** (words from error/warning/failed lines in the baseline) survive compression. 19/19 pass at ≥ 50% threshold.

### `squeez mcp`

Runs a Model Context Protocol JSON-RPC 2.0 server over stdin/stdout. Hand-rolled, no `mcp.server` / `fastmcp` dependency — keeps the `libc`-only constraint intact. Wire it into Claude Code:

```bash

claude mcp add squeez -- /path/to/squeez mcp

```

Thirteen read-only tools become available to the LLM:

| Tool | Returns |

|------|---------|

| `squeez_recent_calls` | Last N bash invocations with hash + length + cmd snippet — check before re-running |

| `squeez_seen_files` | Files this session has touched, with access type (Read/Write/Created/Deleted), sorted by recency |

| `squeez_seen_errors` | Distinct error fingerprints observed this session (FNV-1a hashes of normalized errors) |

| `squeez_seen_error_details` | Error fingerprints with the first 128 chars of message text — find *what* the error was |

| `squeez_session_summary` | Token accounting + call counts (tokens_bash / tokens_read / tokens_other / seen_files / seen_errors / seen_git_refs) |

| `squeez_session_stats` | Dedup hit counts (exact + fuzzy), summarize triggers, Ultra-mode calls, tokens saved per category |

| `squeez_agent_costs` | Sub-agent usage: spawn count, cumulative estimated tokens, per-call breakdown |

| `squeez_session_efficiency` | Session efficiency scores: compression ratio, tool choice, context reuse, budget conservation (basis points) |

| `squeez_prior_summaries` | Last N finalized prior-session summaries with structured fields: investigated / learned / completed / next_steps |

| `squeez_search_history` | Full-text search across all session summaries — find when you last saw an error or touched a file |

| `squeez_file_history` | Sessions where a given file path was touched, with token-savings and commit status |

| `squeez_session_detail` | Full structured view of a past session by date: calls, files, errors, git events, test summary |

| `squeez_protocol` | Auto-teach payload — read once per session to learn squeez's markers + memory protocol |

All read-only. Backed by `SessionContext::load()`, `memory::read_last_n()`, and `memory::search_history()`. No side effects.

### `squeez protocol`

Prints the auto-teach payload — a 2.4 KB self-describing block covering:

- The 5-rule **memory protocol** (what to do with `[squeez: ...]` markers, when to call the MCP tools)

- The **output marker spec** (`# squeez [...]`, `[squeez: identical to ...]`, `[squeez: ~95% similar to ...]`, `squeez:summary`, `# squeez hint:`)

Same content the MCP `squeez_protocol` tool returns. Pipe it into a `system` prompt or paste it into a one-shot session that doesn't have the MCP server connected.

---

## Configuration

Optional config file — all fields have defaults, none are required.

| Platform | Config path |

|----------|------------|

| Claude Code / default | `~/.claude/squeez/config.ini` |

| Copilot CLI | `~/.copilot/squeez/config.ini` |

```ini

# ── Compression ────────────────────────────────────────────────

max_lines              = 200     # generic truncation limit

dedup_min              = 3       # collapse lines appearing ≥N times

git_log_max_commits    = 20

git_diff_max_lines     = 150

docker_logs_max_lines  = 100

find_max_results       = 50

bypass                 = docker exec, psql, mysql, ssh   # never compress these

# ── Context engine ─────────────────────────────────────────────

adaptive_intensity         = true    # truly adaptive: Full <80% budget, Ultra ≥80%

context_cache_enabled      = true    # track seen files/errors across calls

redundancy_cache_enabled   = true    # collapse identical OR fuzzy-similar recent outputs

summarize_threshold_lines  = 500     # outputs above this trigger summarize fallback (×2 if benign)

compact_threshold_tokens   = 120000  # session token budget — drives adaptive intensity

# ── Session memory ─────────────────────────────────────────────

memory_retention_days = 30

# ── Output / persona ───────────────────────────────────────────

persona          = ultra    # off | lite | full | ultra

auto_compress_md = true     # run compress-md on every session start

lang             = en       # compress-md locale: en | pt (pt-BR) — more languages extensible

# ── Advanced tuning (rarely needed) ───────────────────────────

max_call_log              = 32    # rolling call log depth (also caps redundancy window)

recent_window             = 16    # how many recent calls are eligible for redundancy lookup

similarity_threshold      = 0.85  # Jaccard threshold for fuzzy dedup (0.0–1.0)

ultra_trigger_pct         = 0.80  # fraction of context budget at which Full → Ultra

mcp_prior_summaries_default = 5   # default n for squeez_prior_summaries

mcp_recent_calls_default    = 10  # default n for squeez_recent_calls

# ── Token economy ─────────────────────────────────────────────

agent_warn_threshold_pct  = 0.50  # warn when agent cost > 50% of budget

burn_rate_warn_calls      = 20    # warn when < 20 calls remaining

agent_spawn_cost          = 200000 # estimated tokens per Agent/Task spawn

read_max_lines            = 0     # max lines injected into Read tool_input (0 = off)

grep_max_results          = 0     # max results injected into Grep tool_input (0 = off)

# ── Auto-curation nudges ──────────────────────────────────────

nudge_enabled              = true   # emit [squeez: hint ...] markers on recurring patterns

nudge_error_threshold      = 3      # fingerprint repeats before a nudge fires

nudge_file_mod_threshold   = 5      # writes/creates to same path before nudge fires

nudge_cmd_repeat_threshold = 4      # expensive-command repeats before nudge fires

# ── Continuous handler calibration ────────────────────────────

handler_stats_enabled      = true   # accumulate per-handler savings across sessions

```

### Adaptive intensity — Full / Ultra split

When `adaptive_intensity = true` (default), squeez **actually adapts** to session pressure rather than always running Ultra:

| Used / budget | Tier | Scaling |

|---|---|---|

| `< 80%` | **Full** | ×0.6 limits, dedup_min ×0.66 (floor 2) |

| `≥ 80%` | **Ultra** | ×0.3 limits, dedup_min ×0.5 (floor 2) |

| `adaptive_intensity = false` | **Lite** | passthrough — no scaling |

Floors are enforced so we never reduce to zero: `max_lines ≥ 20`, `git_diff_max_lines ≥ 20`, `dedup_min ≥ 2`, `summarize_threshold_lines ≥ 50`.

The active level is shown in every bash header: `[adaptive: Full]` or `[adaptive: Ultra]`.

Pre-0.3 squeez was effectively always-Ultra. The new behavior preserves more verbatim text in the common case (empty / mid-session) and only graduates to aggressive compression when the context budget is genuinely under pressure.

### Caveman persona

Three intensity levels (`lite`, `full`, `ultra`) and `off`. Default is `ultra`. The persona prompt is injected into:

- The Claude Code session banner (printed at `SessionStart`)

- The `…` block in `~/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md` for Copilot CLI

---

## How it works

### Compression pipeline

Each bash command passes through four strategies in order:

1. **smart_filter** — strips ANSI codes, progress bars, spinner chars, timestamps, and tool-specific noise (npm download lines, stack frame noise, etc.)

2. **dedup** — lines appearing ≥ `dedup_min` times are collapsed to one entry annotated `[×N]`

3. **grouping** — files in the same directory (≥5 siblings) are collapsed to `dir/  N modified  [squeez grouped]`

4. **truncation** — `Head` (keep first N) or `Tail` (keep last N) depending on handler; truncated portion noted

### Supported handlers

| Category | Commands |

|----------|----------|

| Git | `git` |

| Docker / containers | `docker`, `docker-compose`, `podman` |

| Package managers | `npm`, `pnpm`, `bun`, `yarn` |

| Build systems | `make`, `cmake`, `gradle`, `mvn`, `xcodebuild`, `cargo` (build), `next build/dev/start` |

| Test runners | `cargo test`, `jest`, `vitest`, `pytest`, `nextest`, `playwright`, `bun test` |

| TypeScript / linters | `tsc`, `eslint`, `biome` |

| Cloud CLIs | `kubectl`, `gh`, `aws`, `gcloud`, `az`, `wrangler` |

| Databases | `psql`, `prisma`, `mysql`, `drizzle-kit` |

| Filesystem | `find`, `ls`, `du`, `ps`, `env`, `lsof`, `netstat` |

| JSON / YAML / IaC | `jq`, `yq`, `terraform`, `tofu`, `helm`, `pulumi` |

| Text processing | `grep`, `rg`, `awk`, `sed` |

| Network | `curl`, `wget` |

| Runtimes | `node`, `python`, `ruby` |

| Generic fallback | everything else |

### Hooks (Claude Code & Copilot CLI)

Six hooks work together automatically after install on Claude Code (three on Copilot CLI):

- **`PreToolUse`** — rewrites every Bash call: `git status` → `squeez wrap git status`; injects Read/Grep/Glob limits; compresses Agent/Task prompts

- **`SessionStart`** — runs `squeez init`: finalizes previous session into a memory summary, injects the persona prompt

- **`PostToolUse`** — tracks every tool result; rewrites Read/Grep/Glob/Monitor output via `updatedToolOutput` when content is redundant or oversized (Claude Code v2.1.119+)

- **`SubagentStop`** *(Claude Code only)* — feeds `last_assistant_message` into SessionContext so the parent agent can dedup against what the sub-agent saw

- **`PreCompact`** *(Claude Code only)* — logs compaction events for session efficiency metrics; allows compaction to proceed

- **`PostCompact`** *(Claude Code only)* — emits a re-arm reminder after compaction so the model knows compression is still active

### Cross-call redundancy

Two-path dedup across the last 16 calls:

**Exact match** — FNV-1a hash of the compressed output. When a subsequent call produces the same bytes, it collapses to:

```

[squeez: identical to 515ba5b2 at bash#35 — re-run with --no-squeez]

```

**Fuzzy match** — bottom-k MinHash over whitespace-token trigrams (k=96, Jaccard ≥ 0.85, length-ratio guard ≥ 0.80). Survives timestamp changes, added/removed blank lines, and single-line edits. Collapses to:

```

[squeez: ~92% similar to 515ba5b2 at bash#35 — re-run with --no-squeez]

```

Minimum 6 lines to attempt fuzzy match (below that, exact-only).

### Summarize fallback

When raw output exceeds `summarize_threshold_lines` (default 500), the full pipeline is bypassed and replaced with a ≤40-line dense summary:

```

squeez:summary cmd=docker logs app

total_lines=5003

top_errors:

  - error: connection refused on tcp://10.0.0.1:5432

top_files:

  - /var/log/app/error.log

test_summary=FAILED: 3 of 248

tail_preserved=20

[last 20 lines verbatim...]

```

**Benign-aware threshold:** before summarizing, squeez scans for error markers (`error:`, `panic`, `traceback`, `FAILED`, `EXCEPTION`, `Fatal`). If none are found, the threshold is doubled (1,000 lines default) so successful builds, clean test runs, and uneventful logs stay verbatim unless they are genuinely huge.

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## Platform notes

### OpenCode

Plugin installed at `~/.config/opencode/plugins/squeez.js`. OpenCode auto-loads plugins on startup. All Bash commands are automatically compressed via `squeez wrap`.

### GitHub Copilot CLI

Hooks registered in `~/.copilot/settings.json`. Session memory written to `~/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md` (Copilot CLI reads this automatically). State stored separately at `~/.copilot/squeez/`.

Refresh memory manually:

```bash

SQUEEZ_DIR=~/.copilot/squeez ~/.claude/squeez/bin/squeez init --copilot

```

### Pi

TypeScript extension installed at `~/.pi/agent/extensions/squeez/index.ts`. Pi auto-discovers extensions from that directory — no settings patching needed. Session memory is injected via a skill at `~/.pi/agent/skills/squeez/SKILL.md`; Pi includes the skill description in every system prompt and loads full instructions on demand. Unlike other hosts, Pi achieves `BUDGET_HARD` output compression via the `tool_result` event (return-patch API), not just soft hints.

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## Local development

Requires Rust stable. Windows requires Git Bash.

```bash

git clone https://github.com/claudioemmanuel/squeez.git

cd squeez

cargo test                  # run all tests (356 tests, 37 suites)

cargo build --release       # build release binary

bash bench/run.sh           # filter-mode benchmark (14 fixtures)

bash bench/run_context.sh   # context-engine benchmark (3 wrap scenarios)

./target/release/squeez benchmark   # full 19-scenario benchmark suite

bash build.sh               # build + install to ~/.claude/squeez/bin/

```

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## Contributing

```bash

git checkout -b feature/your-change

cargo test

cargo build --release

bash bench/run.sh

git push -u origin feature/your-change

gh pr create --base main --title "Short title" --body "Description"

```

CI runs `cargo test`, `bench/run.sh`, `bench/run_context.sh`, and `squeez benchmark` on every push and pull request.

See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for coding standards.

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## Similar projects

There is an unrelated project with the same name at [KRLabsOrg/squeez](https://github.com/KRLabsOrg/squeez). This project (claudioemmanuel/squeez) is a hook-based token compressor for AI coding CLIs.

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## License

Licensed under the **Apache License 2.0** — see [LICENSE](LICENSE) + [NOTICE](NOTICE).

Contributions require a DCO sign-off (`git commit -s …`) rather than a CLA. You keep copyright on what you contribute; sign-off is a lightweight affirmation that you have the right to submit it under Apache 2.0. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md#license--contributor-sign-off) for details.