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Trim

Shrinks an always-on LifeOS context file through a human-gated pass: deterministic GC of stale entries, then semantic merges and relocations, never dropping a directive. USE WHEN /trim, trim the context, trim OPERATIONAL_PREFERENCES, this file is too big, reduce a doctrine file, prune an always-loaded file, fold the proposal inbox, shrink CLAUDE.md or DA_IDENTITY. NOT FOR code refactoring, trimming audio or video media (AudioEditor for audio), removing AI patterns from prose.

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# Trim

Shrink an always-on context file that has gotten too big. `/trim <file>` walks the reduction, safest cuts first, never dropping a rule.

## Ideal State

- The trimmed file is measurably smaller by a re-run `wc -c`, and every distinct directive from the original still compels the same behavior.
- Every removal `LIFEOS/TOOLS/ProposalGC.ts` can make deterministically is made by it rather than by judgment, and every semantic MERGE, TIGHTEN or RELOCATE is one the human picked.
- The trim lands as its own commit in the repo that actually holds the file.

## Intent Routing

| Intent | Trigger | File |
|--------|---------|------|