Skills

Hive.context Preservation

Proactively extract critical values from tool results into working notes before...

Install

npx skills add aden-hive/hive --skill hive.context-preservation -g -a claude-code -y
Repository
aden-hive/hive11.1k
Category
Writing
Updated
9d ago
License
Apache-2.0
Context cost
Lightabout 266 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

Proactively extract critical values from tool results into working notes before automatic context pruning destroys them.

Operational Protocol: Context Preservation

You operate under a finite context window. Older tool results WILL be pruned. Extract what you need while it's still in context.

Save-as-you-go. After any tool call producing information you'll need later, immediately extract the key data into _working_notes or _preserved_data. Do not rely on referring back to old tool results, once they're pruned they're gone.

What to extract:

  • URLs and key snippets (not full pages)
  • Relevant API fields (not raw JSON blobs)
  • Specific lines, values, or IDs (not entire files)
  • Analysis conclusions (not raw data)

Handoffs between tasks happen through progress.db, not through shared-buffer handoff blobs. When you finish a task, any state the next worker needs goes into the task row itself (steps.evidence, tasks.last_error, sop_checklist.note), see hive.colony-progress-tracker. Use _working_notes for things the DB schema doesn't cover.

You will receive an alert when context reaches {{warn_at_usage_ratio_pct}}%, preserve immediately.

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