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Python Tracebacks in Claude Code? Hide the Framework Frames

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A Django traceback for a simple TemplateDoesNotExist error is 40+ lines. 35 of those lines are Django internals — django/template/loader.py, django/core/handlers/base.py, django/middleware/common.py.

Your AI doesn't need to read Django's source to fix your missing template path. But it does, every time.

Before: Django Traceback 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 47, in inner
    response = get_response(request)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 181, in _get_response
    response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 217, in _get_response
    response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/django/template/loader.py", line 43, in select_template
    raise TemplateDoesNotExist(', '.join(template_name_list))
  File "/usr/lib/python3/django/template/loader.py", line 15, in get_template
    return engine.get_template(template_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/django/template/backends/django.py", line 34, in get_template
    return Template(self.engine.get_template(template_name), self)
  File "/app/views.py", line 23, in dashboard_view
    return render(request, 'dashbord.html', context)
django.template.exceptions.TemplateDoesNotExist: dashbord.html
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The fix is obvious — dashbord.html should be dashboard.html. But your AI just consumed 12 lines of Django internals to find it.

After: Through ContextZip 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/views.py", line 23, in dashboard_view
    return render(request, 'dashbord.html', context)
django.template.exceptions.TemplateDoesNotExist: dashbord.html
💾 contextzip: 1,241 → 198 chars (84% saved)
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Framework frames removed. Your code frame and the error preserved. 84% less context.

Works With Every Python Framework

Flask, FastAPI, Django, Celery — ContextZip recognizes standard library and framework paths in tracebacks and strips them. Your application code frames always survive.

cargo install contextzip
eval "$(contextzip init)"
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GitHub: github.com/contextzip/contextzip

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Install: npx contextzip | GitHub: jee599/contextzip

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