principle-guard-the-context-window

Name: principle-guard-the-context-window
Author: cursor

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.

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npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill principle-guard-the-context-window

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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.