Context Pattern — Skills

Pattern: Context
Component: skills.md
Version: 1.1 | Updated: 2026-07-16

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Skill	Path	Why required
Context curation	context skill in skill-engineering	Rank, trim, label packages
Codebase search	harness search tools	Find call sites and schemas
Security hygiene	security skill (exclusion subset)	Keep secrets/PII out

Skill activation triggers

1. Curation — always
2. Search — when seeds are thin or last package had gaps
3. Security hygiene — always before handoff

Verification that skills worked

• Manifest lists why for every path
• Exclusions section is non-empty for large repos
• Scrubber reports clean
• Consuming agent proceeds without immediate “missing file” thrash