Salience
Domain: Memory & Context
Motivation
Prioritizing what stays in context when space is limited. In dsh this is reflected in the order in which context is shed: dsh-agent-instructions omits broader files before truncating the most specific one, and dsh-compaction-basic keeps the recent tail while condensing the oldest span, so the most current and specific information is retained.
Concrete Example
Under its byte budget, dsh-agent-instructions drops broader instruction files first and only then truncates the most specific file — the most relevant guidance survives.
Analogy
Keeping the items you’ll use in the next meeting on your desk and storing the rest in a drawer.