Remaining Space

Whether the next message fits

Library › Context Problems

1. The Context Window

2. Window Occupancy

3. Growth per Turn

4. Remaining Space

5. Turn Budget

6. Retrieval Footprint

7. Retrieval per Turn

8. Search Rounds

9. Window Sizing

10. Truncation

11. Compaction

12. The Compaction Bill

13. Compacted Retrieval

14. The Compaction Threshold

15. Verbatim Tail

16. Stateless API

17. Retrieval Cost

18. Context Tax

19. Quadratic Cost

20. Cost Forecast

A context window is a fixed number of cells, and a new message has to fit the ones left over. Turn the message into chunks, then number them into the empty cells one at a time. If the cells run out before the chunks do, the message does not fit and the agent has to drop or compact something to make room. If the chunks run out first, with cells to spare, it fits.

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⬇ Remaining Space worksheet (2 pages)

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5. Turn Budget