Consolidate conversation history

Core meaning

Capability purpose

Reduce the cost of using long conversation histories while preserving traceability to original episodes.

Meaningful outcome

A consolidation represents a defined range and links to the source entries that support it.

Boundaries — includes

range and scope selection, source set, derivative creation, source links, revision, and terminal status.

Boundaries — excludes

deleting original entries, turn-time context assembly, source-of-truth promotion, and generic note editing.

Terms and concepts

A consolidation is a derivative, not a replacement for original conversation records.

Interaction Contract MLEs

Create or revise a consolidation

Actor

An authorized owner, scheduler, or processing workflow.

Command / intent

Consolidate a specified conversation range and scope.

Current state

Eligible source entries and a determinable range/scope exist.

Policies / invariants

Source entries remain intact; the derivative records range, scope, and source links; corrections are attributable; unsupported claims are not promoted as source truth.

Transition

Select source entries, produce the compact representation, link its sources, and record completion or failure.

Result

A traceable consolidation or a reasoned failure.

Events / effects

Retrieval may use the consolidation as a lower-cost candidate.

Unknowns

Scheduling cadence, compression method, and quality threshold are realization-specific.

Rules and defaults

Rules / invariants

• Every consolidation identifies its source range and supporting entries.
• Original conversation entries remain evidence of what occurred.

Recommended defaults

• Prefer revisable derivative objects over destructive compaction.

Unknown / unresolved

• No publicly confirmed operational realization is currently recorded.

Statement provenance