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docs: tool output optimization (#7109)

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documentation/docs/guides/environment-variables.md
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| `GOOSE_RANDOM_THINKING_MESSAGES` | Controls whether to show amusing random messages during processing | "true", "false" | "true" |
| `GOOSE_CLI_SHOW_COST` | Toggles display of model cost estimates in CLI output | "true", "1" (case insensitive) to enable | false |
| `GOOSE_AUTO_COMPACT_THRESHOLD` | Set the percentage threshold at which goose [automatically summarizes your session](/docs/guides/sessions/smart-context-management#automatic-compaction). | Float between 0.0 and 1.0 (disabled at 0.0) | 0.8 |
| `GOOSE_TOOL_CALL_CUTOFF` | Number of tool calls to keep in full detail before summarizing older tool outputs to help maintain efficient context usage | Integer (e.g., 5, 10, 20) | 10 |
**Examples**
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# Automatically compact sessions when 60% of available tokens are used
export GOOSE_AUTO_COMPACT_THRESHOLD=0.6
# Keep more tool calls in full detail (useful for debugging or verbose workflows)
export GOOSE_TOOL_CALL_CUTOFF=20
```
### Model Context Limit Overrides
documentation/docs/guides/sessions/smart-context-management.md
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You can customize how goose summarizes conversations during compaction by editing the `compaction.md` [prompt template](/docs/guides/prompt-templates).
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:::tip Tool Output Summarization
To help maintain efficient context usage, goose summarizes older tool call outputs in the background while keeping recent calls in full detail. By default, this happens when you have more than 10 tool calls in a session. For advanced tuning, see [`GOOSE_TOOL_CALL_CUTOFF`](/docs/guides/environment-variables#session-management).
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### Manual Compaction
You can also trigger compaction manually before reaching context or token limits:
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GOOSE_CLI_SHOW_COST: true
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