Almost every time your agent seems to "forget" something or "gets muddled," the culprit is context. The good news: it's fixed with three commands.
First, two words with no jargon
- Session: the current conversation, with its own memory.
- Context: everything your agent has "on the table" right now to answer you.
Picture a desk. If you pile it high with papers about a thousand different topics, it's hard to find what matters. Well, the same thing happens to your agent.
/new — a fresh, clean desk 🟡
You start from scratch, with no old papers lying around. Perfect for switching topics.
Before using it, if there's something worth saving: "sum up the important stuff before we start from scratch."
/reset — same desk, but tidied up 🟡
Restarts the current conversation without moving you anywhere. Use it when it's gotten stuck or is giving odd answers and you want to "give it a shake" without opening another chat.
/reset/compact — tidy the desk without throwing out what matters 🟡
In very long conversations, it summarizes the old stuff to free up space so it can keep going without running out of steam. It doesn't delete: it summarizes.
And you can tell it what to keep:
/compact Keep the pricing decisions, the URLs, and the pending tasks.Safety rule: never ask it to save passwords in the summary.
Which one do I use?
- Switching topics →
/new - It's gotten muddled on this same topic →
/reset - We've been at it for ages and it's starting to lose track →
/compact
It's like your desk on a Friday at 7:00 p.m.: sometimes you need to tidy up a bit to think clearly again. 🧹