Unhobble Agent Context

Shape persistent context so each task begins with the smallest coherent guidance it needs and can discover deeper material when relevant. Preserve local knowledge and hard boundaries; remove friction that does not change outcomes.

Workflow

1. Define the outcome the context must improve.

   • Identify the tasks, decisions, or recurring failures in scope.
   • For an audit, inspect the sources that are actually assembled together and their precedence.
   • For new context, start from representative requests and the information they truly require.

2. Inventory each instruction by purpose and owner.

   Record what it changes, when it applies, where it currently lives, whether another source already owns it, and whether the current task authorizes changing it. Do not broaden the audit to unrelated documentation.

3. Put information in the narrowest durable home that reliably supplies it.