context-engineering
Context window monitoring and budget management. Keeps orchestrator at 15-30% context usage while subagents get full 200k tokens. Provides warnings at thresholds, context-aware summarization triggers, and wave-level budget planning.
npx skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill context-engineering --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
- **Subagents**: Get full 200k tokens of fresh context per spawn. - **Context budget**: Plan how much context each wave of execution will consume. This skill provides: - Context window usage estimation for the current session - Warning injection at configurable thresholds (70%, 85%, 95%) - Orchestrator budget enforcement - Subagent context allocation recommendations - Context-aware summarization triggers - Stale context detection and pruning suggestions - Wave-level context budget planning ## Capabilities ### 1. Context Usage Estimation Estimate current context window usage based on conversation history size: ``` Tokens used: ~45,000 / 200,000 Usage: 22.5% Status: HEALTHY Next threshold: 70% (warning) at ~140,000 tokens ``` Estimation methods: - Character count / 4 (rough approximation) - Tool output tracking (each tool call adds to context) - File read accumulation tracking ### 2. Threshold Warnings Inject warnings at configurable thresholds: ``` [CONTEXT 70%] Warning: Context window at 70%. Consider summarizing completed work. [CONTEXT 85%] Critical: Context window at 85%. Spawn new subagent for remaining work. [CONTEXT 95%] Emergency: Context window at 95%. Wrap up immediately.
- Capabilities
- 1. Context Usage Estimation
- 2. Threshold Warnings
- 3. Orchestrator Budget Enforcement
- 4. Subagent Context Allocation
- 5. Context-Aware Summarization
- 6. Stale Context Detection
- 7. Wave-Level Budget Planning
- Tool Use Instructions
- Checking Context Usage
- Injecting Warnings
- Planning Wave Budgets
- Process Integration
- Output Format
What does the context-engineering skill do?
Context window monitoring and budget management. Keeps orchestrator at 15-30% context usage while subagents get full 200k tokens. Provides warnings at thresholds, context-aware summarization triggers, and wave-level budget planning.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill context-engineering --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From a5c-ai/babysitter, a repository with 1,642 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.