context-discipline

Use when a task involves heavy file reading, repo-wide search, or long tool output.

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Works with Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf. Read the repository before you give any tool access to your data.

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Use when a task involves heavy file reading, repo-wide search, or long tool output. Practices that keep the context window lean so sessions go further before compaction.

Use cases: productivity

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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.

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Skill name: context-discipline
Description: Use when a task involves heavy file reading, repo-wide search, or long tool output. Practices that keep the context window lean so sessions go further before compaction.
License: MIT
Instructions: 28 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub

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SKILL.md

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# Context Discipline

Behavioral guidance for keeping tool output bounded. Apply it during any
read-heavy or search-heavy task.

## When to Use

- Before grepping or globbing across a large repo.
- When you are about to read the same file again.
- When a task fans out across many files.

## Practices

- **Search narrow.** Prefer a scoped `Grep` path/glob over a repo-wide sweep;
  a tight query is cheaper than a large result set.
- **Bound output at the source.** Narrow commands and searches before running
  them so large results do not enter the context window.

## Red Flags

- A Grep/Glob result longer than the screen pasted straight into reasoning.
- Reading entire directories "for context" before knowing what you need.

## Cross-references

- RTK owns shell-command output. Bound all other output at its source.

From jeanchastel/arkira, MIT.

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Last commit (this folder): Oct 5, 2026 (25 days ago)
Last release: Oct 23, 2026 (7 days ago)

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License: MIT
Repository: github.com/jeanchastel/arkira
First seen: Oct 24, 2026
Last checked: Oct 24, 2026
Source: GitHub github-graphql

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context-discipline skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/jeanchastel-context-discipline (last updated 2026-10-24)