Two commands in Cline can dramatically improve your development workflow while keeping token costs in check: /newtask and /smol. 🧵

Your context window fills up fast when working on complex projects. Documentation searches, file reads, debugging attempts -- all valuable, but they create noise that can double your API costs with providers like Google (which charges 2x after 200k tokens).

/newtask works like a perfect developer handoff. It intelligently packages what matters -- the overall plan, work accomplished, relevant files, and next steps -- into a fresh task with a clean context window.

Use /newtask when: - Moving from research to implementation - Completing logical phases of work - Context is 75%+ full but you're switching focus - You want to preserve full conversation history Think: "bringing a new developer onto the project"

/smol compresses your current conversation into a comprehensive summary, freeing up context space while staying in the same task. Perfect for maintaining flow during deep debugging or iterative development sessions.

Use /smol when: - Deep in debugging and need to continue - Iterating on the same feature - Don't want to break your momentum - Context is full but you're staying focused Think: "summarizing the story so far"

The choice isn't just technical -- it's about workflow: /newtask = Clean slate, new focus, preserved history /smol = Compressed history, same flow, irreversible summary Both save tokens, but serve different development rhythms.

The key insight: context window economics matter, but the solution should enhance your workflow, not disrupt it.

Master context management in Cline and you'll code more efficiently while keeping costs predictable. Try /newtask for clean transitions, /smol for flow states.

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