context-budget SKILL.md skillA
context-budget from drayline/rootnode-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add drayline/rootnode-skills/context-budget@v6.0.0Pins v6.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- drayline/rootnode-skills
- Path
plugins/rootnode-projects/skills/context-budget/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v6.0.0, committed Nov 3, 2026
- First version recorded
- Nov 1, 2026
- Size
- 39,956 bytes
- Repository stars
- 40
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Analyzes Claude Project context budget under the automatic-RAG-by-window model: knowledge files vs. threshold-exempt overhead (Skills, MCPs, CI, Memory). Two modes: Quick Diagnostic and Full Budget Audit. Use when user says "check my context budget," "how much context am I using," "is my project too big," "optimize my token usage," "tier my files," "optimize for RAG," "improve retrieval quality," "should I keep compressing," "am I over-compressing," "should I accept RAG mode." Also trigger on…
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
# Context Budget Analysis > **Calibration:** Tier 3 (High-effort recommended) — run on Opus 5.5 (start at its `medium` default; step to `high` when verification matters or edge cases are likely) or Sonnet 5.5 at `high`. Step up to `xhigh` only where your evals show a measured gain. Quality degrades at `low` effort and on legacy models (Sonnet 4.6). Reserve Fable 5.1 for long-horizon runs where Opus 5.5 at higher effort still fails your evals. See repository README for model compatibility. Analyze Claude Project context budget health. Determine operating mode (full-context vs. retrieval). Produce tiered file placement recommendations with a strategy matched to the project's growth trajectory, work-phase timing, and content routing needs. ## Important **Token estimates are inherently approximate.** Always label token counts as "estimated" and note a ±15% margin. Never state a precise token count as fact. Use `ls -la /mnt/project/` for byte counts and divide by 4 for rough token estimates. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add drayline/rootnode-skills/context-budget@sha256:aae238d0b39aee07The line at the top of this page pins the label v6.0.0, 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 2 versions of this file, between Nov 1, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026, about one every 2 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v6.0.0 latest | 2026-11-03 | 7bd17b8 | 39,956 B | A | view · diff |
| v5.0.1 | 2026-11-01 | f34b7ac | 39,908 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 (39956 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
drayline/rootnode-skills · 40 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_x5urfbvgqypyvdgs GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=drayline/rootnode-skills/context-budget GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/aae238d0b39aee07485e906116fa98ffb99342fa6b7fa1ed6430e4aa03dbfa8f
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.
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