# Context Shelf

> A menu-bar shelf for parking the current tab, clipboard snippet, and scratch note before you switch tasks, so resuming takes one glance instead of a rebuild.

- Skill: `arnie016/context-shelf` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 12 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add arnie016/context-shelf`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/arnie016/context-shelf/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: Arnie016 (https://skillmd.com/u/arnie016)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/arnie016/context-shelf

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# Context Shelf

Use this skill when the user wants a polished macOS menu-bar utility for parking in-flight context before switching tasks and resuming it cleanly later.

## Presentation

- Make the surface feel like a premium Apple utility.
- Lead with one calm summary line and one clear action.
- Keep the visual language restrained, dark, and readable at a glance.

## Build shape

- Prefer a menu-bar popover or compact status-item panel.
- Show the primary state first, then the useful detail lines.
- Parks the front tab, clipboard text, and a short scratch note into one compact resume bundle.
- Keeps the next thing to reopen visible in the menu bar so task switches stop turning into scavenger hunts.
- Stays deliberately small with shelf, pin, resume, and clear actions instead of a sprawling workspace manager.

## Workflow

- Capture the current browser tab, clipboard text, and a quick note as one shelf item.
- Show the most recent shelf first and keep older items lightweight.
- Treat the shelf as a resume aid, not a permanent database or workspace manager.

## Guardrails

- Do not invent unsupported metrics or background services.
- Keep the app simple enough to feel native on macOS.
- Use one primary action and a small set of supporting actions.

## Prototype

- SwiftUI starter files live in `prototype/`.
- The prototype should stay menu-bar first and easy to transplant into a real macOS target.

## When extending

- Add more depth only when it improves the single workflow the skill is meant to solve.
- If the skill grows, keep the menu-bar path short and the detail panel readable.