dsh-price-less

Usage

/init I am building a context management plugin
/init confirm

/task Design the command face
/task
/task close

/optimize-prompt

• /init is only a proposal; /init confirm persists the brief. Cancel any time with /init cancel.
• /task opens a new task; later messages are classified as continuation or new task by intent detection (when enabled); /task close marks the end, which is what triggers boundary compaction.
• /optimize-prompt or the star button opens a preview first: it applies only after you confirm, and your edited version is final.
• Any step can fail without changing anything — the worst case is that nothing happened.

Configuration

Configuration is grouped under shear (tool shear), compression (compaction) and discriminator (intent detection / auxiliary model). Use the GUI settings card, or write ~/.dsh/settings.yaml directly:

context-economy:
  shear:
    enabled: true
  compression:
    boundary: true
    pressure: true
    pressureRatio: 0.35      # pressure valve = ratio × main-model context window
    domainTokens: 125000     # assumed window when the main model declares none
    retainTokens: 10000      # hot-tail budget
    thresholdTokens: 100000  # absolute safety net
    archiveCapTokens: 10000  # archive hard cap (digest only)
  discriminator:
    auto: false              # intent detection is off by default
    # provider: deepseek-official
    # model: deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp
    # reasoningEffort: high

Key	Type	Default	Description
shear.enabled	boolean	true	Tool-shear master switch
compression.boundary	boolean	true	Task-boundary compaction
compression.pressure	boolean	true	Pressure-path compaction
compression.pressureRatio	number	0.35	Pressure valve = ratio × main-model context window
compression.domainTokens	number	125000	Assumed window when the main model declares none
compression.retainTokens	number	10000	Hot-tail budget
compression.thresholdTokens	number	100000	Absolute safety net
compression.archiveCapTokens	number	10000	Archive hard cap (digest only)
discriminator.auto	boolean	false	Automatic intent-detection master switch
discriminator.provider / model	string	unset	Auxiliary LLM route; set both to override, empty = follow the session model
discriminator.reasoningEffort	string	unset	Auxiliary reasoning effort; unset = follow the model default

The schema declares no default for provider/model, and the plugin ships no built-in default model either (2026-09-10: the previously hard-coded id was date-expired, and "the plugin guessing a model id" is itself a drift source). Left empty, auxiliary calls (intent detection, /init, star section, boundary compaction) follow the current session model (provider/model of the latest request). On the first message of a session there is no request record yet, so discrimination is skipped and an observable CE_JUDGE_NO_ROUTE fact is emitted (/init and the star button report "model not configured" instead); from the second message on it follows the session model automatically. Setting both values overrides all of this. Enabling discriminator.auto or using /init, the star button, or boundary compaction may invoke the auxiliary LLM. This can incur API costs and may send relevant prompt content to the configured provider.