Reduce & Delegate Framework Skill

Apply the R&D framework to optimize prompts, workflows, and context management.

Purpose

There are only two ways to manage context: Reduce and Delegate. This skill helps you systematically apply both strategies to any context optimization challenge.

When to Use

• Context window approaching limits
• Agent performance degrading over conversation
• Prompts growing unwieldy
• Workflows consuming too many tokens
• Need to scale agent work

The R&D Analysis Process

Step 1: Identify the Context Problem