hive.context-preservation SKILL.md skillA
hive.context-preservation from aden-hive/hive is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add aden-hive/hive/hive.context-preservation@git:20260417.803337ePins git:20260417.803337e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- aden-hive/hive
- Path
core/framework/skills/_default_skills/context-preservation/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260417.803337e, committed Apr 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 14, 2026
- Size
- 1,314 bytes
- Repository stars
- 11,113
- License
- Apache-2.0
Proactively extract critical values from tool results into working notes before automatic context pruning destroys them.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
## Operational Protocol: Context Preservation
You operate under a finite context window. Older tool results WILL be pruned. Extract what you need while it's still in context.
**Save-as-you-go.** After any tool call producing information you'll need later, immediately extract the key data into `_working_notes` or `_preserved_data`. Do not rely on referring back to old tool results — once they're pruned they're gone.
**What to extract:**
- URLs and key snippets (not full pages)
- Relevant API fields (not raw JSON blobs)
- Specific lines, values, or IDs (not entire files)
- Analysis conclusions (not raw data)
**Handoffs between tasks** happen through `progress.db`, not through shared-buffer handoff blobs. When you finish a task, any state the next worker needs goes into the task row itself (`steps.evidence`, `tasks.last_error`, `sop_checklist.note`) — see `hive.colony-progress-tracker`. Use `_working_notes` for things the DB schema doesn't cover.
You will receive an alert when context reaches {{warn_at_usage_ratio_pct}}% — preserve immediately.Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add aden-hive/hive/hive.context-preservation@sha256:8407879a67bd76a5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260417.803337e, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Mar 14, 2026 and Apr 17, 2026, about one every 11 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260417.803337e latest | 2026-04-17 | 803337e | 1,314 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260416.e719523 | 2026-04-16 | e719523 | 1,291 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260318.0cef0e6 | 2026-03-18 | 0cef0e6 | 929 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260314.cdaec8a | 2026-03-14 | cdaec8a | 826 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1314 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
aden-hive/hive · 11,113 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fhujprxyueazhkiz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=aden-hive/hive/hive.context-preservation GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8407879a67bd76a5aaf4dd0ab3527b46029355d76d757e4df07e6b3cdff8e170
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.