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name: context-management description: Context management specialist for multi-agent workflows and long-running tasks. Use when coordinating multiple agents, preserving context across sessions, or managing complex project state. Focuses on context compression and distribution. author: Joseph OBrien status: unpublished updated: '2025-12-23' version: 1.0.1 tag: skill type: skill

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

1. Context Capture: Extracts key decisions and rationale
2. Context Distribution: Prepares relevant context for each agent
3. Memory Management: Stores critical project decisions
4. Context Compression: Reduces context size while preserving key information
5. Context Indexing: Creates indexes for quick retrieval
6. 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

1. Relevance Over Completeness: Include only what's needed
2. Key Decisions: Capture rationale, not just outcomes
3. Compression: Reduce context while preserving meaning
4. Indexing: Create searchable context indexes
5. 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