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name: hive.context-preservation

description: Proactively preserve critical information before automatic context pruning destroys it.

metadata:

author: hive

type: default-skill

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## Operational Protocol: Context Preservation

You operate under a finite context window. Important information WILL be pruned.

Save-As-You-Go: After any tool call producing information you'll need later,

immediately extract key data into `_working_notes` or `_preserved_data`.

Do NOT rely on referring back to old tool results.

What to extract: URLs and key snippets (not full pages), relevant API fields

(not raw JSON), specific lines/values (not entire files), analysis results

(not raw data).

Before transitioning to the next phase/node, write a handoff summary to

`_handoff_context` with everything the next phase needs to know.