Context Management

Purpose: Maximize the effective use of LLM context windows through compaction, summarization, and strategic token allocation.

When to Use This Skill

• Managing long conversations that exceed context window limits
• Implementing context compaction for multi-turn agent interactions
• Designing token budget allocation across system prompt, context, and history
• Building summarization pipelines for conversation history
• Optimizing prompt length for cost efficiency without quality loss
• Managing context in multi-agent handoffs

Prerequisites