@Saccc_c: Found a trick in Codex to quickly get context and save tokens: when you notice the Codex session context is almost full, simply start a new session and enter in the conversation: "@[old session], summarize the core information and continue task execution"
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Shared a trick in Codex to quickly get context and save tokens: when the session context is almost full, start a new session and reference the old session to summarize core information, then continue task execution.
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Found a trick for quickly grabbing context and saving tokens in Codex:
When you notice the Codex session context is nearly full, just start a new session and enter this in the conversation:
“@[old session], summarize the core information and continue executing the task” https://t.co/xrx3uW5GJc
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