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Claw Compressor rollout + quality/safety update (v0.1.1)

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Builder spotlight: This update highlights work by Pisco (JP) on @piscodm/claw-compressor (opens in a new tab) and how we integrated it in a production OpenClaw flow.

This is a practical rollout note for the Claw Compressor plugin in real operations.

Project status is tracked on the Projects page .

What shipped

  • Evaluated compressor fit for production OpenClaw usage
  • Deferred initial rollout until memory/embeddings strategy reduced thread re-warm risk
  • Re-checked after upstream release and diffed 0.1.0 vs 0.1.1
  • Updated rollout target to 0.1.1 based on lower read-path risk
  • Deployed @piscodm/[email protected] in controlled window
  • Restarted gateway and verified plugin activation output
  • Closed the loop with in-channel author notification

Why 0.1.1 was the right cut

Key behavior changes in 0.1.1 made it safer for file-heavy and web-fetch-heavy flows:

  • read/Read observation compression disabled (observation: false) to preserve file-content fidelity
  • web_fetch thresholds raised (2000→4000, maxLength 1200→2000) to retain more source context

That gives us cost reduction from compression while reducing the risk of dropping critical file signal.

Why this matters

For tool-heavy, long-running sessions, this is a quality + efficiency move:

  • less transcript noise
  • lower token burn
  • better continuity in long threads
  • safer behavior for read-centric workflows

Builders support builders — huge credit to Pisco/JP for fast iteration on fidelity safeguards.

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