diff --git a/src/context/compaction.ts b/src/context/compaction.ts
index e959bbb..ec3d32d 100644
--- a/src/context/compaction.ts
+++ b/src/context/compaction.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Message } from '../models/types.js';
 import type { AgentOrchestrator } from '../backends/native/orchestrator.js';
 import type { MemoryStore } from '../memory/store.js';
-import { COMPACTION_SYSTEM_PROMPT, MEMORY_EXTRACTION_PROMPT } from '../backends/native/prompts.js';
+import { COMPACTION_SYSTEM_PROMPT, MEMORY_EXTRACTION_PROMPT, buildCompactionPrompt } from '../backends/native/prompts.js';
 import { estimateMessageTokens } from './tokens.js';
 import { getMessageText } from '../models/media.js';
 import { selectImportantMessages } from './weighting.js';
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ export interface CompactionResult {
   tokensBefore: number;
   /** Estimated tokens after compaction. */
   tokensAfter: number;
+  /** The raw summary text produced by the compaction model (populated when compaction ran). */
+  summary?: string;
 }
 
 export const DEFAULT_COMPACTION_CONFIG: CompactionConfig = {
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ export async function compactHistory(opts: {
   config: CompactionConfig;
   memoryStore?: MemoryStore;
   autoExtract?: boolean;
+  usePersonalAssistantPrompt?: boolean;
+  memoryExtractionNamespace?: string;
 }): Promise<CompactionResult> {
   const { messages, orchestrator, config } = opts;
 
@@ -116,10 +120,14 @@ export async function compactHistory(opts: {
 
   const tier = orchestrator.getDelegationTier('compaction');
 
+  const systemPrompt = opts.usePersonalAssistantPrompt
+    ? buildCompactionPrompt({ personalAssistant: true })
+    : COMPACTION_SYSTEM_PROMPT;
+
   const result = await orchestrator.delegate({
     task: 'compaction',
     tier,
-    systemPrompt: COMPACTION_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
+    systemPrompt,
     message: formattedConversation,
     maxTokens: config.summaryMaxTokens,
   });
@@ -144,8 +152,9 @@ export async function compactHistory(opts: {
       // Only write if the extraction produced meaningful content
       const extractedContent = extraction.content.trim();
       if (extractedContent.length > 0 && !extractedContent.toLowerCase().includes('no facts')) {
-        opts.memoryStore.write('global', extractedContent, 'append');
-        console.log(`[Flynn:memory] Extracted ${extractedContent.length} chars of facts to global memory`);
+        const extractionNs = opts.memoryExtractionNamespace ?? 'global';
+        opts.memoryStore.write(extractionNs, extractedContent, 'append');
+        console.log(`[Flynn:memory] Extracted ${extractedContent.length} chars of facts to ${extractionNs} memory`);
       }
     } catch (error) {
       // Memory extraction is best-effort — don't fail compaction if it errors
@@ -158,5 +167,6 @@ export async function compactHistory(opts: {
     compactedCount: toSummarize.length,
     tokensBefore: estimateMessageTokens(messages),
     tokensAfter: estimateMessageTokens([...preservedMessages, summaryMessage, ...toKeep]),
+    summary: result.content,
   };
 }