diff --git a/agents/s06_context_compact.py b/agents/s06_context_compact.py
index 04899b5..ab47bcb 100644
--- a/agents/s06_context_compact.py
+++ b/agents/s06_context_compact.py
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ def auto_compact(messages: list) -> list:
     # Replace all messages with compressed summary
     return [
         {"role": "user", "content": f"[Conversation compressed. Transcript: {transcript_path}]\n\n{summary}"},
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "Understood. I have the context from the summary. Continuing."},
     ]
 
 
@@ -227,6 +226,7 @@ def agent_loop(messages: list):
         if manual_compact:
             print("[manual compact]")
             messages[:] = auto_compact(messages)
+            return
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/agents/s_full.py b/agents/s_full.py
index 2a816b5..628aa81 100644
--- a/agents/s_full.py
+++ b/agents/s_full.py
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ def auto_compact(messages: list) -> list:
     summary = resp.content[0].text
     return [
         {"role": "user", "content": f"[Compressed. Transcript: {path}]\n{summary}"},
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "Understood. Continuing with summary context."},
     ]
 
 
@@ -705,6 +704,7 @@ def agent_loop(messages: list):
         if manual_compress:
             print("[manual compact]")
             messages[:] = auto_compact(messages)
+            return
 
 
 # === SECTION: repl ===
diff --git a/docs/en/s06-context-compact.md b/docs/en/s06-context-compact.md
index d3e2d46..2fbef2e 100644
--- a/docs/en/s06-context-compact.md
+++ b/docs/en/s06-context-compact.md
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ def auto_compact(messages: list) -> list:
     )
     return [
         {"role": "user", "content": f"[Compressed]\n\n{response.content[0].text}"},
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "Understood. Continuing."},
     ]
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/ja/s06-context-compact.md b/docs/ja/s06-context-compact.md
index 555cc01..6927e7d 100644
--- a/docs/ja/s06-context-compact.md
+++ b/docs/ja/s06-context-compact.md
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ def auto_compact(messages: list) -> list:
     )
     return [
         {"role": "user", "content": f"[Compressed]\n\n{response.content[0].text}"},
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "Understood. Continuing."},
     ]
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/zh/s06-context-compact.md b/docs/zh/s06-context-compact.md
index c9d2a2b..cce879f 100644
--- a/docs/zh/s06-context-compact.md
+++ b/docs/zh/s06-context-compact.md
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ def auto_compact(messages: list) -> list:
     )
     return [
         {"role": "user", "content": f"[Compressed]\n\n{response.content[0].text}"},
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "Understood. Continuing."},
     ]
 ```