establishing-project-context
Use when the user asks to establish shared project language or project work exposes a resolved, vague, conflicting, renamed, or deprecated domain term that needs active semantic modeling.
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill establishing-project-context --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.
# Establishing Project Context ## Overview Maintain project domain language in `CONTEXT.md` so humans and agents use the same canonical terms. This skill is the single active-modeling and write-policy owner; it does not own passive glossary reads. `CONTEXT.md` is terminology infrastructure, not Aegis governance, architecture, requirements, task state, session memory, or runtime authority. Those retain their current project owners. ## Passive Consumption vs Active Modeling Passive consumption is a cheap habit of the task-owning workflow: 1. For non-trivial project work, check `CONTEXT-MAP.md`, then relevant root or bounded-context `CONTEXT.md` files when present. 2. Read only relevant active terms and relationships; index first when large. 3. Treat open ambiguities as unresolved data, not active truth. 4. Continue the owning workflow without loading this skill. Load this skill only for active modeling when at least one signal exists: - a newly resolved domain concept - a vague, overloaded, or conflicting term - an approved rename, merge, deprecation, or meaning change - authority, code, tests, or public language contradict the glossary - a deprecated alias re-enters user-visible lan
- Overview
- Passive Consumption vs Active Modeling
- Location and Safety
- Evidence and Semantic Authority
- Active Modeling Workflow
- File Contract
- Context Impact
- Boundary and Red Flags
What does the establishing-project-context skill do?
Use when the user asks to establish shared project language or project work exposes a resolved, vague, conflicting, renamed, or deprecated domain term that needs active semantic modeling.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill establishing-project-context --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 GanyuanRan/Aegis, a repository with 902 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.