headroom
Skill1 starsChanged 2 months agoMITView on GitHub
Use to compress large tool outputs, command logs, bulky JSON data, and files, or inspect context compression statistics.
8 other projects use a version of this.
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Most recently taken up by
- chopratejas/headroomtheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- headroomlabs-ai/headroomtheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- momori777/Artemistheir own version, first seen Oct 22, 2026
- Heverton-web/fabrica-universaltheir own version, first seen Oct 13, 2026
- Apertur3/headroomtheir own version, first seen Oct 1, 2026
- udaysharmadev/Skillstheir own version, first seen Sep 17, 2026
Other versions8 projects use a version of this.
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Wrote their own version · 8
- chopratejas/headroom★ 79ksame name
- headroomlabs-ai/headroom★ 79ksame name
- momori777/Artemis★ 437same name
- Apertur3/headroom★ 15same name
- udaysharmadev/Skills★ 12same name
- roman-ryzenadvanced/headroom-skill★ 4same name
- Heverton-web/fabrica-universal★ 0same name
- MichaelDoesMarketing/Headroom★ 0same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository55 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- accessibility-and-inclusive-designSkill
- animateSkill
- api-contracts-and-backward-compatSkill
- appsec-code-reviewSkill
- architecture-decision-recordsSkill
- code-review-and-qualitySkill
- code-simplificationSkill
- concurrency-and-race-conditionsSkill
- database-and-migrations-architectSkill
- dependency-vulnerability-auditSkill
- design-taste-frontendSkill
- emil-design-engSkill
- graphifySkill
- impeccableSkill
- incremental-implementationSkill
- observability-and-structured-loggingSkill
- planning-and-task-breakdownSkill
- ponytail-auditSkill
- ponytail-reviewSkill
- refactoring-legacy-codeSkill
- root-cause-analysis-and-postmortemSkill
- secret-scanningSkill
- shipping-and-launchSkill
- spec-driven-developmentSkill
- test-driven-developmentSkill
- threat-modelingSkill
- accessibility-and-inclusive-designSkill
- animateSkill
- api-contracts-and-backward-compatSkill
- appsec-code-reviewSkill
- architecture-decision-recordsSkill
- code-review-and-qualitySkill
- code-simplificationSkill
- concurrency-and-race-conditionsSkill
- database-and-migrations-architectSkill
- dependency-vulnerability-auditSkill
- design-taste-frontendSkill
- emil-design-engSkill
- graphifySkill
- headroomSkill
- impeccableSkill
- incremental-implementationSkill
- observability-and-structured-loggingSkill
- planning-and-task-breakdownSkill
- ponytail-auditSkill
- ponytail-reviewSkill
- refactoring-legacy-codeSkill
- root-cause-analysis-and-postmortemSkill
- secret-scanningSkill
- shipping-and-launchSkill
- spec-driven-developmentSkill
- test-driven-developmentSkill
- threat-modelingSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
3 rules. 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
0
Common
Most of the 7 edited versions we read keep these.
1
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
2
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 17
When running commands that produce massive stdout/stderr (e.g.
- Very specific: line 18
Check token efficiency and savings with headroom_stats.
- Distinctive: line 19
Never let runaway logs consume the context window — compress early.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 7 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Headroom: Context & Token Compression
Headroom reduces input token consumption by 20–90% across coding sessions, keeping your context window focused and preventing prompt-bloat:
1. Core Capabilities
- SmartCrusher: Compresses large JSON payloads and tabular dumps while preserving schema integrity and key values.
- CodeCompressor: Compresses repetitive source code, declarations, and AST structures without losing function signatures.
- Kompress-v2-base: Compresses verbose prose, system logs, and shell output while keeping critical lines (e.g.
FATAL,ERROR, stack traces) byte-for-byte intact. - CCR (Context Compression Retrieval): Caches full uncompressed content locally; call
headroom_retrievewhenever the full raw text is required.
2. Best Practices for Coding Agents
- When running commands that produce massive stdout/stderr (e.g. test suites, build logs, git diffs > 500 lines), pass them through
headroom_compressor examine compressed summaries. - Check token efficiency and savings with
headroom_stats. - Never let runaway logs consume the context window — compress early.
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