# Prime Context

> Use before starting pipeline work on a Ready feature the agent hasn't worked yet. Triggers — "engineer plugin -> prime-context skill", "prime context", "load context before we start", "get up to speed on feature X".

- Skill: `kdoronin/prime-context` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add kdoronin/prime-context`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/kdoronin/prime-context/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: kdoronin (https://skillmd.com/u/kdoronin)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/kdoronin/prime-context

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# prime-context

Load working memory before pipeline work on a Ready feature — the convergent counterpart to `discuss`. Forked from `superpowers:brainstorming` but inverted: no exploration, just loading and orienting. Produces no artifact.

## When to use

A prep step (not a checkpoint) between `feature-init` and `discover-acs`, on any feature the agent hasn't already worked this session.

**Skip when:** the agent just created the feature this session (context already warm). **Not for:** exploring whether a feature is worth doing (`discuss`).

## Workflow

1. **Resolve + locate** — resolve the methodology root + manifest via `${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/dae_resolve.py` (see `references/resolving.md`); locate the feature (slug arg or branch name). Reject if no folder / no `feature.md`.
2. **Silent batch load** — without narrating: `feature.md`, `CHARTER.md`, `manifest.yml`, prior `handoffs/` (especially the originating `*-discuss.md`), and the files named in `feature.md`'s "Related code / design pointers".
3. **Orient** — give a concise summary: outcome, scope, autonomy level (+ charter cap), key prior decisions, related code, relevant ADRs.
4. **One prompt** — ask exactly one question: anything else to load? If the user names a new code pointer, load it and offer to add it to `feature.md`. Then stop — prime-context orients, it does not interview.
5. **Handoff** — emit a summary.

Re-invocation re-loads fresh (no incremental diffing).

## Handoff

Emit per `${PLUGIN_ROOT}/references/handoff-summary.md`. `checkpoint: null`; `artifacts: []`; `human_action_needed: no`; `recommended_next`: "engineer plugin -> discover-acs skill".

## References

- [Foundation Design](https://www.notion.so/3585ecdee0e2811bbc67ff4913c03207) — feature.md schema
- [Discuss & Upstream Funnel](https://www.notion.so/35a5ecdee0e281eaa35fced0c4e23384) — methodology_root resolution