Add /compact (#1527)

- Add operation to summarize the context so far.
- The operation runs a compact task that summarizes the context.
- The operation clear the previous context to free the context window
- The operation didn't use `run_task` to avoid corrupting the session
- Add /compact in the tui



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codex-rs/core/src/conversation_history.rs

@@ -30,6 +30,34 @@ impl ConversationHistory {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn keep_last_messages(&mut self, n: usize) {
+        if n == 0 {
+            self.items.clear();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Collect the last N message items (assistant/user), newest to oldest.
+        let mut kept: Vec<ResponseItem> = Vec::with_capacity(n);
+        for item in self.items.iter().rev() {
+            if let ResponseItem::Message { role, content, .. } = item {
+                kept.push(ResponseItem::Message {
+                    // we need to remove the id or the model will complain that messages are sent without
+                    // their reasonings
+                    id: None,
+                    role: role.clone(),
+                    content: content.clone(),
+                });
+                if kept.len() == n {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Preserve chronological order (oldest to newest) within the kept slice.
+        kept.reverse();
+        self.items = kept;
+    }
 }
 
 /// Anything that is not a system message or "reasoning" message is considered