Compact or new session?

Not sure if there is a right answer here or if it's a preference thing but my question is do ya'll compact a session or take that as a hint to wrap up current work and start a new session?

I'm using VS Code and when I see the auto compact about to set off, I ask claude to update the respective .md files in the workspace to wrap up the session.

Is that less efficient than just compacting?

I suppose my thought process was if the .mds inside the workspace are lean enough then a new session would be more token efficient than compacting.

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