axel:compact

A command for archiving AXEL memories, which are stored notes from current sessions or learned information.

In plain words
What is it for?
It archives either session memories or learned memories through the AXEL workflow.
Why use it?
It helps move old memories out of active use so the stored information stays organised.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/apiksdev/axel-core/axel-compact
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/apiksdev/axel-core
Per session 15 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 403 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00015 $0.00403
Opus 5 $0.00008 $0.00201
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00081
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00040

Measured 2d ago against content hash 133e0f6806f1, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

axel:compact scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

commands/axel-compact.md · 69 lines

What it actually says

AXEL Command: /axel:compact

<document type="command" entry="cmd:main">

  <enforcement>
    <![CDATA[
    ROUTER COMMAND:
    - Parses args to determine action and type
    - Sends explicit trigger and parameters to skill
    ]]>
  </enforcement>

  <objective>
    Router for skill-axel-core compact operations.
    Determines action from args and delegates to skill.
  </objective>

  <variables>
    <var name="action" from="args.0"/>
    <var name="param1" from="args.1"/>
  </variables>

  <command id="cmd:main">
    <goto when="action = ''" to="help"/>
    <goto when="action = 'memories'" to="route"/>
    <goto to="help"/>
  </command>

  <execution flow="staged">

    <!-- help: Show usage -->
    <stage id="help">
      <print>
        ## /axel:compact

        **Usage:**
          /axel:compact memories session  - Archive session memories
          /axel:compact memories learned  - Archive learned memories
      </print>
      <stop kind="end"/>
    </stage>

    <!-- route: Delegate to skill with parameters -->
    <stage id="route">
      <invoke name="Skill">
        <param name="skill" value="axel-core:skill-axel-core"/>
        <param name="trigger" value="compact"/>
        <param name="action" value="${action}"/>
        <param name="type" value="${param1}"/>
      </invoke>
      <stop kind="end"/>
    </stage>

  </execution>

  <understanding/>

</document>
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 69 lines · 15 tokens per session scan A 133e0f6806f1

Subscribe to this mod's changes

axel:compact is a command published in the GitHub repository apiksdev/axel-core (7 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 15 tokens to every session and 403 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.