Separate output and context token budgets#71
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Allow models to use their real context window for summarization without inflating per-request output limits, while preserving legacy client behavior.
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Summary
context_windowclient setting while keepingmax_tokensas the per-request output capCloses #55
Test plan
uv run pytest tests/test_clients_context_window.py tests/test_agent.py::test_summarization_uses_context_window_not_max_tokens tests/test_agent.py::test_legacy_client_without_context_window_falls_back_to_max_tokens -quv run ruff check src/stirrup/clients src/stirrup/core tests/test_clients_context_window.py tests/test_agent.py