Answers about condense.chat, its use cases, and how it integrates.
This page covers the questions technical buyers usually ask before trying condense.chat The answers match the public homepage and docs.
Frequently asked questions
What is condense.chat?
condense.chat is a context compression API and drop-in proxy. It compresses prompts, retrieved documents, and tool output before those tokens are sent to an upstream model provider.
Who is condense.chat for?
It is positioned for teams shipping coding agents, RAG pipelines, and chat products where context cost and context window pressure are real product constraints.
How do you integrate condense.chat?
Use the OpenAI-compatible proxy, the Claude-compatible route, or call `POST /v1/condense` directly. The public docs show the current base URL, headers, and example client setup.
What routes are public and documented?
The docs describe `POST /v1/condense`, `POST /v1/chat/completions`, `POST /v1/messages`, `GET /v1/engines`, and `GET /healthz`.
How do you request access?
The public site presents condense.chat as a private beta. The current path is the homepage waitlist form.