guard with flag

packages/cli/src/config/config.ts

@@ -840,6 +840,7 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
     skillsSupport: settings.skills?.enabled ?? true,
     disabledSkills: settings.skills?.disabled,
     experimentalJitContext: settings.experimental?.jitContext,
+    autoDistillation: settings.experimental?.autoDistillation,
     modelSteering: settings.experimental?.modelSteering,
     topicUpdateNarration: settings.experimental?.topicUpdateNarration,
     toolOutputMasking: settings.experimental?.toolOutputMasking,

packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts

@@ -1870,6 +1870,15 @@ const SETTINGS_SCHEMA = {
         description: 'Enable local and remote subagents.',
         showInDialog: false,
       },
+      autoDistillation: {
+        type: 'boolean',
+        label: 'Auto Distillation',
+        category: 'Experimental',
+        requiresRestart: true,
+        default: false,
+        description: 'Enable automatic distillation for large tool outputs.',
+        showInDialog: false,
+      },
       extensionManagement: {
         type: 'boolean',
         label: 'Extension Management',