---
url: >-
  https://adk.nht.io/api/@nhtio/adk/batteries/context/compact/summarizer/variables/DEFAULT_KEEP_VERBATIM.md
description: >-
  How many of the MOST RECENT turns stay verbatim, never folded into the running
  summary — coreference ("it", "that file") needs the immediately preceding
  turns present no matter what.
---

# Variable: DEFAULT\_KEEP\_VERBATIM

```ts
const DEFAULT_KEEP_VERBATIM: 2 = 2;
```

Defined in: [src/batteries/context/compact/summarizer.ts:30](https://github.com/NHTIO/ADK/blob/v1.20260713.1/src/src/batteries/context/compact/summarizer.ts#L30)

How many of the MOST RECENT turns stay verbatim, never folded into the running summary —
coreference ("it", "that file") needs the immediately preceding turns present no matter what.

## Remarks

The flagship reference agent's own calibrated value (`COMPACT_KEEP_VERBATIM`), lifted unchanged.