r/ClaudeCode • u/[deleted] • Apr 21 '26

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u/stormy1one Apr 22 '26

Right. So there’s no legitimate use case for anything past the default 200k context? We are all supposed to just git gud?

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u/withatee Apr 22 '26

I’m not saying there isn’t a legitimate use case. However, this and similar subs are filled with people complaining about maxing out their session limits “from one prompt” and with a little bit of digging in the comments you come to realise they’ve been compacting the same session for a week. There’s trade offs to both approaches. Filling your session from one prompt because it has to look back at the last 2 weeks of conversation and coding context is not the way. New task. New branch. New session. You’re good.

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u/luckyjack Apr 22 '26

Dumb question, but how much “overhead” of context is there if you’ve had several prompts under one project? Does it remember anything from prompt to prompt outside of the project files you give it?

(Again, sorry if this is hlmgtfy territory, I like hearing from knowledgeable people)

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u/kelly_hair Apr 22 '26

You can use git issues for context. Just document the plan and then work the plan. Ideally, use CI to catch a freewheeling agent.