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# 🗜️ Prompt Compression Guide — OmniRoute
> Save 15-95% on eligible context automatically. For a quick overview, see the [README Compression section](../README.md#%EF%B8%8F-prompt-compression--save-15-95-eligible-tokens-automatically).
## Overview
OmniRoute implements a modular prompt compression pipeline that runs **proactively** before requests hit upstream providers. This means your token savings happen transparently — no changes needed to your workflow.
```
Client Request
→ Compression Strategy Selector
→ Combo override? → Use combo setting
→ Auto-trigger threshold? → Use auto mode
→ Default mode? → Use global setting
→ Off? → Skip compression
→ Selected Compression Mode
→ Off: No compression
→ Lite: Safe whitespace/formatting cleanup (~15%)
→ Standard: Caveman-speak filler removal (~30%)
→ Aggressive: History aging + summarization (~50%)
→ Ultra: Heuristic pruning + code-block thinning (~75%)
→ RTK: Command-aware terminal/tool-output filtering (60-90% upstream range)
→ Stacked: Ordered multi-engine pipeline, usually RTK then Caveman (78-95% eligible range)
→ Compressed Request → Provider
```
---
## Compression Modes
### Off
No compression applied. All messages pass through unchanged.
### Lite Mode (~15% savings, <1ms latency)
The safest mode — zero semantic change, only formatting cleanup:
| Technique | Description |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `collapseWhitespace` | Merge consecutive blank lines and trailing spaces |
| `dedupSystemPrompt` | Remove duplicate system messages |
| `compressToolResults` | Compress verbose tool/function outputs |
| `removeRedundantContent` | Strip repeated instructions |
| `replaceImageUrls` | Shorten base64 image data URIs |
**Best for:** Always-on usage, safety-critical workflows.
### Standard Mode (~30% savings)
Inspired by [Caveman](https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman) — removes filler words and verbose phrasing while preserving meaning:
- Removes filler words ("please", "I think", "basically", "actually")
- Condenses verbose phrases ("in order to" → "to", "as a result of" → "because")
- Strips polite hedging ("Would you mind...", "If you could possibly...")
- 30+ regex rules tuned for coding prompts
**Best for:** Daily coding workflows, cost-conscious teams.
### Aggressive Mode (~50% savings)
Smart history management for long sessions:
- **Message Aging** — older messages get progressively compressed
- **Tool Result Summarization** — long tool outputs replaced with summaries
- **Structural Integrity Guards** — ensures `tool_use` + `tool_result` pairs stay consistent
- **Context Window Awareness** — respects per-model token limits
**Best for:** Extended debugging sessions, large codebases.
### Ultra Mode (~75% savings)
Maximum compression for token-critical scenarios:
- **Heuristic Pruning** — removes messages below relevance threshold
- **Code Block Thinning** — compresses repetitive code examples
- **Binary Search Truncation** — finds optimal cut point for context window
- All Aggressive mode features included
**Best for:** When you're hitting context limits repeatedly.
### RTK Mode (60-90% upstream range)
RTK mode is optimized for verbose tool outputs that appear in coding-agent sessions:
- Detects command/output classes such as `git status`, `git diff`, `git log`, test runners,
TypeScript/Vite/Webpack builds, ESLint/Biome/Prettier, npm audit/installs, Docker logs, infra
output, and generic shell output
- Applies JSON filter packs from `open-sse/services/compression/engines/rtk/filters/`
- Ships 49 built-in filters with inline verify samples
- Removes ANSI control sequences, progress bars, repeated lines, and non-actionable noise
- Preserves failures, errors, warnings, changed files, summaries, and the tail of long output
- Supports trust-gated project filters, global filters, and optional redacted raw-output recovery
**Best for:** Agent sessions with shell, build, test, git, grep, and file-output transcripts.
### Stacked Mode (78-95% eligible range)
Stacked mode runs multiple compression engines in a deterministic order. The default pipeline is:
```txt
RTK -> Caveman
```
That order keeps terminal/tool output compact first, then applies Caveman semantic condensation to
the remaining natural-language prompt. Stacked pipelines can be configured globally or through
compression combos assigned to routing combos.
**Best for:** Mixed context with large tool logs plus human instructions or assistant summaries.
---
## Upstream Savings Math
OmniRoute documents compression savings from two sources: upstream project benchmarks and
OmniRoute's own engine composition.
| Source | Upstream README number used here |
| ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Caveman | `~75%` fewer output tokens, `65%` benchmark average output savings, `22-87%` range, and `~46%` input compression tool |
| RTK | `60-90%` command-output savings; sample session `~118,000 -> ~23,900` tokens, or `79.7%` saved (`~80%`) |
For overlapping tool/context payloads, the default OmniRoute combo stacks the engines:
```txt
RTK -> Caveman
```
The combined savings are multiplicative, not additive:
```txt
combined = 1 - (1 - RTK savings) * (1 - Caveman input savings)
average = 1 - (1 - 0.80) * (1 - 0.46) = 89.2%
range = 1 - (1 - 0.60..0.90) * (1 - 0.46) = 78.4-94.6%
```
That `78-95%` number applies when both RTK and Caveman can reduce the same input/context payload.
Caveman response output mode is separate: when enabled, use Caveman's own output savings (`65%`
average, `~75%` headline, `22-87%` range). Total billing savings depend on your prompt/output mix.
---
## Token Savings Visualization
```
Without compression: 47K tokens sent to LLM
With Lite: 40K tokens sent (15% saved — safe, always-on)
With Standard: 33K tokens sent (30% saved — caveman-speak rules)
With Aggressive: 24K tokens sent (50% saved — aging + summarization)
With Ultra: 12K tokens sent (75% saved — heuristic pruning)
With RTK: 19K-5K tokens sent (60-90% saved on command/tool output)
With Stacked: 10K-2.5K tokens sent (78-95% eligible RTK+Caveman range)
```
---
## Configuration
### Dashboard
Navigate to `Dashboard → Context & Cache`:
- **Caveman** — mode selection, language packs, preview, and global defaults
- **RTK** — command-filter preview, RTK safety settings, and filter catalog
- **Compression Combos** — named engine pipelines assigned to routing combos
- **Auto-Trigger Threshold** — automatically engage compression when token count exceeds threshold
### Per-Combo Override
In `Dashboard → Context & Cache → Compression Combos`, assign a compression combo to a routing
combo:
```txt
Combo: "free-forever"
Compression Combo: "coding-agent-stack"
Pipeline: RTK -> Caveman
Targets:
1. gc/gemini-3-flash
2. if/kimi-k2-thinking
```
This lets you use stacked compression on free/coding providers while keeping lite mode on paid
subscriptions.
### API
```bash
# Get compression settings
curl http://localhost:20128/api/settings/compression
# Update compression settings
curl -X PUT http://localhost:20128/api/settings/compression \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"defaultMode":"stacked","autoTriggerMode":"stacked","autoTriggerTokens":32000}'
# Preview a specific RTK/stacked payload
curl -X POST http://localhost:20128/api/compression/preview \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"mode":"rtk","messages":[{"role":"tool","content":"npm test output here"}]}'
# List RTK filter packs
curl http://localhost:20128/api/context/rtk/filters
# Test RTK directly with optional command metadata
curl -X POST http://localhost:20128/api/context/rtk/test \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"command":"npm test","text":"FAIL tests/example.test.ts\nError: boom"}'
```
---
## What Gets Protected
The compression engine **always preserves:**
- ✅ Code blocks (fenced and inline)
- ✅ URLs and file paths
- ✅ JSON structures and structured data
- ✅ Identifiers and protected technical tokens
- ✅ Mathematical expressions
- ✅ Tool/function call definitions
- ✅ System prompts (in lite mode)
RTK raw-output recovery redacts common API keys, bearer tokens, Slack tokens, AWS access keys,
passwords, tokens, and secrets before anything is persisted.
---
## Compression Stats
Every compressed request includes stats in the server logs:
```json
{
"originalTokens": 47200,
"compressedTokens": 40120,
"savingsPercent": 15.0,
"techniquesUsed": ["collapseWhitespace", "dedupSystemPrompt"],
"mode": "lite",
"engine": "caveman",
"compressionComboId": "coding-agent-stack",
"durationMs": 0.8,
"rtkRawOutputPointers": []
}
```
---
## Phase Roadmap
| Phase | Modes | Status |
| ------- | ------------------------------------ | ---------- |
| Phase 1 | Off, Lite | ✅ Shipped |
| Phase 2 | Standard, Aggressive, Ultra | ✅ Shipped |
| Phase 3 | RTK, Stacked, Compression Combos | ✅ Shipped |
| Phase 4 | Per-model adaptive, ML-based pruning | 🗓️ Planned |
---
## Acknowledgments
Standard mode compression rules are inspired by **[Caveman](https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman)** by **[JuliusBrussee](https://github.com/JuliusBrussee)** (⭐ 51K+) — the viral "why use many token when few token do trick" project. Caveman reports `~75%` fewer output tokens, `65%` benchmark average output savings, a `22-87%` output range, and a `~46%` input-compression tool.
RTK mode is inspired by **[RTK - Rust Token Killer](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk)** by **[RTK AI](https://github.com/rtk-ai)** — the high-performance command-output compression project for terminal, build, test, git, and tool-output filtering. RTK reports `60-90%` savings, with its README sample session showing `~80%` saved.
---
## See Also
- [Environment Config](../reference/ENVIRONMENT.md) — Compression environment variables
- [Architecture Guide](../architecture/ARCHITECTURE.md) — Compression pipeline internals
- [User Guide](../guides/USER_GUIDE.md) — Getting started with compression
- [RTK Compression](./RTK_COMPRESSION.md) — RTK filters, trust model, verify gate, raw-output recovery
- [Compression Engines](./COMPRESSION_ENGINES.md) — Caveman, RTK, stacked, APIs, MCP, dashboard
- [Compression Rules Format](./COMPRESSION_RULES_FORMAT.md) — JSON rule-pack format
- [Compression Language Packs](./COMPRESSION_LANGUAGE_PACKS.md) — Language-specific Caveman rules