Context Management

This skill manages context across multi-agent workflows and long-running tasks, ensuring coherent state preservation and efficient context distribution.

When to Use This Skill

• When coordinating multiple agents in a workflow

• When preserving context across sessions

• When managing long-running projects

• When compressing context for efficiency

• When distributing context to specific agents

• When creating context checkpoints

What This Skill Does

• Context Capture: Extracts key decisions and rationale

• Context Distribution: Prepares relevant context for each agent

• Memory Management: Stores critical project decisions

• Context Compression: Reduces context size while preserving key information

• Context Indexing: Creates indexes for quick retrieval

• State Preservation: Maintains coherent state across sessions

How to Use

Manage Context

Capture the key context from this conversation

Prepare context for the next agent in this workflow

Specific Tasks

Create a context checkpoint for this project milestone

Context Formats

Quick Context (< 500 tokens)

• Current task and immediate goals

• Recent decisions affecting current work

• Active blockers or dependencies

Full Context (< 2000 tokens)

• Project architecture overview

• Key design decisions

• Integration points and APIs

• Active work streams

Archived Context

• Historical decisions with rationale

• Resolved issues and solutions

• Pattern library

• Performance benchmarks

Best Practices

Context Management

• Relevance Over Completeness: Include only what's needed

• Key Decisions: Capture rationale, not just outcomes

• Compression: Reduce context while preserving meaning

• Indexing: Create searchable context indexes

• Checkpoints: Save context at major milestones

Reference Files

• references/patterns.md
• Context management patterns, handoff templates, and multi-agent coordination

Related Use Cases

• Multi-agent coordination

• Long-running project management

• Context preservation across sessions

• Workflow state management

• Project knowledge management