Principle Guard The Context Window
Apply when context is filling up: large outputs, long files, repeated reads, fan-out...
Install
npx skills add nightly-labs/openbot --skill principle-guard-the-context-window -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- nightly-labs/openbot4.5k
- Category
- Engineering
- Updated
- 3d ago
- License
- See repository
- Context cost
- Lightabout 62 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Apply when context is filling up: large outputs, long files, repeated reads, fan-out planning. Route bulk to subagents; keep summaries in the main thread, not raw payloads.
Guard the Context Window
Why: Context overflow degrades reasoning quality, creates compression artifacts, and halts progress.
Pattern:
- Size phases and cap scope. Limit files per phase, set turn budgets, account for mechanism costs.
