From 6707af5930a0b41cca8558ec71a85bebca2c8c13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: amysguan <64990783+amysguan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:00:23 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat(tui): add self modes to /compact (#1119)

Co-authored-by: Amy Guan <amy@letta.com>
---
 bun.lock                     |  4 ++--
 package.json                 |  2 +-
 src/cli/App.tsx              | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 src/cli/commands/registry.ts |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index 283a66d..2c9104d 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "": {
       "name": "@letta-ai/letta-code",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@letta-ai/letta-client": "^1.7.8",
+        "@letta-ai/letta-client": "^1.7.9",
         "glob": "^13.0.0",
         "ink-link": "^5.0.0",
         "open": "^10.2.0",
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
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-    "@letta-ai/letta-client": ["@letta-ai/letta-client@1.7.8", "", {}, "sha512-l7BGsAZOI8b+H1RO2IMzMv3P0VXj6Of2wXLCg5LZejOk0dHLLBi2me4WspLg+6zWPGIRJwMRsxmfp4kV9Zzh6g=="],
+    "@letta-ai/letta-client": ["@letta-ai/letta-client@1.7.9", "", {}, "sha512-ZoUH71/c5t7/7H5DF52lduAKGCet/UoAe2PZTwKCt7CpENdyVlAsM1gV3q8xABmu4RZ1zmwiOjbQT8yWty6w3g=="],
 
     "@types/bun": ["@types/bun@1.3.7", "", { "dependencies": { "bun-types": "1.3.7" } }, "sha512-lmNuMda+Z9b7tmhA0tohwy8ZWFSnmQm1UDWXtH5r9F7wZCfkeO3Jx7wKQ1EOiKq43yHts7ky6r8SDJQWRNupkA=="],
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ac672b5..dbd18d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@letta-ai/letta-client": "^1.7.8",
+    "@letta-ai/letta-client": "^1.7.9",
     "glob": "^13.0.0",
     "ink-link": "^5.0.0",
     "open": "^10.2.0",
diff --git a/src/cli/App.tsx b/src/cli/App.tsx
index ee4a070..5e47a19 100644
--- a/src/cli/App.tsx
+++ b/src/cli/App.tsx
@@ -7689,11 +7689,16 @@ export default function App({
         }
 
         // Special handling for /compact command - summarize conversation history
-        // Supports: /compact, /compact all, /compact sliding_window
+        // Supports: /compact, /compact all, /compact sliding_window, /compact self_compact_all, /compact self_compact_sliding_window
         if (msg.trim().startsWith("/compact")) {
           const parts = msg.trim().split(/\s+/);
           const rawModeArg = parts[1];
-          const validModes = ["all", "sliding_window"];
+          const validModes = [
+            "all",
+            "sliding_window",
+            "self_compact_all",
+            "self_compact_sliding_window",
+          ];
 
           if (rawModeArg === "help") {
             const cmd = commandRunner.start(
@@ -7709,13 +7714,20 @@ export default function App({
               "  /compact                   — compact with default mode",
               "  /compact all               — compact all messages",
               "  /compact sliding_window    — compact with sliding window",
+              "  /compact self_compact_all  — compact with self compact all",
+              "  /compact self_compact_sliding_window  — compact with self compact sliding window",
               "  /compact help              — show this help",
             ].join("\n");
             cmd.finish(output, true);
             return { submitted: true };
           }
 
-          const modeArg = rawModeArg as "all" | "sliding_window" | undefined;
+          const modeArg = rawModeArg as
+            | "all"
+            | "sliding_window"
+            | "self_compact_all"
+            | "self_compact_sliding_window"
+            | undefined;
 
           // Validate mode if provided
           if (modeArg && !validModes.includes(modeArg)) {
@@ -7753,23 +7765,15 @@ export default function App({
 
             const client = await getClient();
 
-            // Compute model handle from llmConfig
-            const modelHandle =
-              llmConfig?.model_endpoint_type && llmConfig?.model
-                ? `${llmConfig.model_endpoint_type}/${llmConfig.model}`
-                : llmConfig?.model || null;
-
             // Build compaction settings if mode was specified
-            // Pass mode-specific prompt to override any agent defaults
-            const compactParams =
-              modeArg && modelHandle
-                ? {
-                    compaction_settings: {
-                      mode: modeArg,
-                      model: modelHandle,
-                    },
-                  }
-                : undefined;
+            // On server side, if mode changed, summarize function will use corresponding default prompt for new mode
+            const compactParams = modeArg
+              ? {
+                  compaction_settings: {
+                    mode: modeArg,
+                  },
+                }
+              : undefined;
 
             // Use agent-level compact API for "default" conversation,
             // otherwise use conversation-level API
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/registry.ts b/src/cli/commands/registry.ts
index 75ee943..a7235e9 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/registry.ts
+++ b/src/cli/commands/registry.ts
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ export const commands: Record<string, Command> = {
   },
   "/compact": {
     desc: "Summarize conversation history (compaction) with optional mode",
-    args: "[all|sliding_window]",
+    args: "[all|sliding_window|self_compact_all|self_compact_sliding_window]",
     handler: () => {
       // Handled specially in App.tsx to access client and agent ID
       return "Compacting conversation...";