Compress images, text, conversations, and documents locally via Ollama before sending to cloud LLMs. Save ~80% on token costs.
Features
- Compress selected text — right-click or
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+C - Compress images — right-click image files in explorer/editor
- Compress documents — full file compression from command palette
- Cost dashboard — track token savings per session
- Ollama health check — verify your local setup
- Selective decoding — skip API calls when content is unchanged
- Embedding-based Similarity — more accurate scene detection
Requirements
- Ollama running locally
- At least one model pulled (e.g.,
ollama pull phi3:mini)
Extension Settings
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
latentGate.ollamaBaseUrl |
http://localhost:11434 |
Ollama server URL |
latentGate.visionModel |
llava:7b |
Vision model |
latentGate.textFastModel |
phi3:mini |
Fast text model |
latentGate.textSmartModel |
qwen2:7b |
Smart text model |
latentGate.embeddingModel |
nomic-embed-text |
Embedding model |
latentGate.enableCaching |
true |
Cache repeated images |
latentGate.selectiveDecoding |
true |
Skip unchanged scenes |
Commands
LatentGate: Compress ImageLatentGate: Compress Selected TextLatentGate: Compress Current DocumentLatentGate: Show Cost DashboardLatentGate: Show Session StatsLatentGate: Open SettingsLatentGate: Check Ollama HealthLatentGate: Configure MCP Server