---
name: context
description: "Use when deciding what to load into context: skill discovery, nested AGENTS.md, recall vs filesystem, wake hygiene, and context budget."
---

Load on demand, unload by finishing. Order: this skill's rule -> a skill's
SKILL.md only when its description matches -> references under it only when
needed -> the nearest AGENTS.md before editing a subtree. For the past, use
`recall` (chat/audit/deploy/analysis, hot and archived) before grepping the
filesystem. Wake facts in the prompt are fresh; trust them over memory. When
context feels heavy, that is pi compaction's job, not yours; persisted memory
remains available through recall.