context-management

Installation
SKILL.md

Context Management

Manage your context window, survive compaction, persist state across turns.

<when_to_use>

  • Planning long-running or multi-step tasks
  • Coordinating multiple subagents
  • Approaching context limits (degraded responses, repetition)
  • Need to preserve state across compaction or sessions
  • Orchestrating complex workflows with handoffs

NOT for: simple single-turn tasks, quick Q&A, tasks completing in one response

</when_to_use>

Claude Code operates in a ~128K token context window that compacts automatically as it fills. When compaction happens:

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Jan 24, 2026