octave-compression

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name: octave-compression description: Specialized workflow for transforming verbose natural language into semantic OCTAVE structures. REQUIRES octave-literacy to be loaded first allowed-tools: ["Read", "Write", "Edit"] triggers: ["compress to octave", "semantic compression", "documentation refactoring", "octave compression", "compress documentation", "knowledge artifact", "semantic density", "OCTAVE format conversion"] version: "2.4.0"

===OCTAVE_COMPRESSION=== META: TYPE::SKILL VERSION::"2.4.0" STATUS::ACTIVE PURPOSE::"Workflow for transforming prose into semantic density" REQUIRES::octave-literacy TIER::LOSSLESS SPEC_REFERENCE::octave-data-spec.oct.md[§1b::COMPRESSION_TIERS] V6_FEATURES::"Loss accounting system, tier metadata tracking, fidelity guarantees"

§1::COMPRESSION_MANDATE TARGET::"60-80% token reduction with 100% decision-logic fidelity" PRINCIPLE::"Semantics > Syntax Rigidity" TRUTH::"Dense ≠ Obscure. Preserve the causal chain."

§1b::COMPRESSION_TIER_SELECTION // Full tier definitions in octave-data-spec.oct.md §1b LOSSLESS::[target:100%_fidelity,preserve:everything,drop:none] USE::[critical_reasoning,legal_documents,safety_analysis,audit_trails] CONSERVATIVE::[target:85-90%_compression,preserve:explanatory_depth,drop:redundancy] USE::[research_summaries,design_decisions,technical_analysis] LOSS::~10-15%[repetition,some_edge_cases,verbose_phrasing] AGGRESSIVE::[target:70%_compression,preserve:core_thesis∧conclusions,drop:nuance∨narrative] USE::[context_window_scarcity,quick_reference,decision_support] LOSS::~30%[explanatory_depth,execution_tradeoff_narratives,edge_case_exploration] ULTRA::[target:50%_compression,preserve:facts∧structure,drop:all_narrative] USE::[extreme_scarcity,embedding_generation,dense_reference] LOSS::~50%[almost_all_explanatory_content,some_nuance,tradeoff_reasoning]

Copy// Note: For 60% compression with mythological atoms, see octave-ultra-mythic skill
ULTRA_MYTHIC::[target:60%_compression,preserve:soul∧constraints,method:mythological_atoms]
  REFERENCE::skills/octave-ultra-mythic[specialized_identity_compression]

TIER_METADATA::include_in_META_block[COMPRESSION_TIER,LOSS_PROFILE,NARRATIVE_DEPTH]

V6_LOSS_ACCOUNTING::[
  PRINCIPLE::"OCTAVE-MCP is a loss accounting system for LLM communication",
  TRACKING::"Every transformation must log what was preserved vs dropped",
  METADATA::"Documents carry their compression tier and loss profile",
  AUDIT::I4_TRANSFORM_AUDITABILITY[stable_ids,loss_receipts],
  FIDELITY::I1_SYNTACTIC_FIDELITY[syntax_changes_ok,semantics_preserved]
]

§2::TRANSFORMATION_WORKFLOW PHASE_1_READ::[ ANALYZE::"Understand before compressing", IDENTIFY::[Redundancy, Verbosity, Causal_Chains], MAP::"Logic flow (A leads to B)" ]

PHASE_2_EXTRACT::[ CORE_PATTERNS::"Essential decision logic", REASONING::"BECAUSE statements (preserve the 'why')", EVIDENCE::"Metrics and concrete examples", TRANSFER::"HOW-to mechanics" ]

PHASE_3_COMPRESS::[ APPLICATION::"Apply operators defined in octave-literacy", HIERARCHY::"Group related concepts under parent keys", ARRAYS::"Convert repetitive lists to [item1, item2]", MYTHOLOGY::"For 60% compression, load octave-ultra-mythic for mythological atoms" ]

PHASE_4_VALIDATE::[ FIDELITY::"Is the logic intact?", GROUNDING::"Is there at least 1 concrete example?", NAVIGABILITY::"Can a human scan it?" ]

§3::COMPRESSION_RULES RULE_1::"Preserve CAUSALITY (X→Y because Z)" RULE_2::"Drop stopwords (the, is, a, of)" RULE_3::"One example per 200 tokens of abstraction" RULE_4::"Explicit Tradeoffs (GAIN⇌LOSS or GAIN vs LOSS)" RULE_5::"Use Mythological Encoding if complexity demands it"

§4::ANTI_PATTERNS AVOID::[ "Markdown inside OCTAVE blocks", "JSON/YAML syntax (no curly braces, no trailing commas)", "Deep nesting (>3 levels)", "Loss of numbers or IDs" ]

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