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beads/commands/compact.md
Steve Yegge 7658c4a8e8 Add command documentation and improve daemon UX
- Added human-readable uptime formatting (51m 59s vs 3119.4 seconds)
- Fixed daemon stop race condition with SIGKILL
- Added markdown docs for 19 commands: blocked, comments, compact, daemon,
  delete, dep, epic, export, import, label, list, quickstart, rename-prefix,
  renumber, reopen, repos, restore, stale, sync
- Closed: bd-159, bd-152, bd-168
- Deleted test issues: bd-144, bd-145

Amp-Thread-ID: https://ampcode.com/threads/T-9f7c3fed-62de-4bcd-a059-8c1b77cdb841
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description: Compact old closed issues using semantic summarization argument-hint: [--all] [--id issue-id] [--dry-run]

Reduce database size by summarizing closed issues no longer actively referenced.

Compaction Tiers

  • Tier 1: Semantic compression (30+ days closed, ~70% size reduction)
  • Tier 2: Ultra compression (90+ days closed, ~95% size reduction)

Usage

  • Preview candidates: bd compact --dry-run
  • Compact all eligible: bd compact --all
  • Compact specific issue: bd compact --id bd-42
  • Force compact: bd compact --id bd-42 --force (bypass age checks)
  • View statistics: bd compact --stats

Options

  • --tier: Choose compaction tier (1 or 2, default: 1)
  • --workers: Parallel workers (default: 5)
  • --batch-size: Issues per batch (default: 10)

Important

This is permanent graceful decay - original content is discarded. Use bd restore <id> to view full history from git if needed.

Useful for long-running projects to keep database size manageable.