mdmin — Markdown Compression + Extract

Cut LLM token usage by compressing markdown files (13–35% savings) or extracting only the relevant chunks for your query (70–95% reduction). Free.

Features

Right-click any markdown file → mdmin: Compress Document

Select text → right-click → mdmin: Compress Selection

Replaces selection in-place. Token savings shown in status bar.

Right-click any markdown file → mdmin: Extract Relevant Context

TF-IDF based — no API call, no internet required. Runs in milliseconds.

Free tier: 100KB document limit, 2K token budget. Pro: Up to 2MB documents, 16K token budgets. Upgrade at mdmin.dev/settings

Token count shown in the status bar for every markdown file. Click to open compression stats.

Command palette → mdmin: Show Token Stats

Compares all three compression levels for the current file. Select a level to compress immediately.

Command	Description
`mdmin: Compress Document`	Compress full file, show diff, apply
`mdmin: Compress Selection`	Compress selected text in-place
`mdmin: Extract Relevant Context`	Extract query-relevant chunks
`mdmin: Show Token Stats`	Compare compression levels

Setting	Default	Description
`mdmin.compressionLevel`	`medium`	Compression level: light / medium / aggressive
`mdmin.showStatusBar`	`true`	Show token count in status bar
`mdmin.apiKey`	`""`	mdmin API key (`mdmin_sk_...`) for Pro features

Get your API key at mdmin.dev/settings.

Level	Savings	What it does
`light`	~10%	Whitespace, comments, basic verbose patterns
`medium`	~20-25%	+ verbose patterns, table compression, formatting
`aggressive`	~25-35%	+ article stripping, list compression, dedup