Middle Truncate

Truncates the middle of long strings so both ends stay readable.

Middle truncation

Users/buena/…ft-final.md

Users/buena/Document…tion-draft-final.md

function truncateMiddle(str: string, max: number): string {
  if (str.length <= max) return str;
  const keep = max - 1;
  const front = Math.ceil(keep / 2);
  const back = Math.floor(keep / 2);
  return str.slice(0, front) + "…" + str.slice(str.length - back);
}

truncateMiddle(path, 24); // "Users/buena/…ft-final.md"

Markdown for agents: /design/middletruncate.md · spec: /design.md