# Hive.context Preservation

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

- Repository: https://github.com/aden-hive/hive (11131 stars)
- Category: Writing
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-10-26
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add aden-hive/hive --skill hive.context-preservation -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add aden-hive/hive --skill hive.context-preservation -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add aden-hive/hive --skill hive.context-preservation -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add aden-hive/hive --skill hive.context-preservation -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

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

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

## 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.