Install Context Window Management
Pick your agent. Every command is ready to paste.
npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill context-window-managementThe open skills CLI detects your agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ more) and installs to the right folder. Add -g to install globally.
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Install it
Run the command above, or upload the folder in Claude.
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Ask naturally
Describe the task. Your agent loads context-window-management when the request matches its description.
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Name it if needed
If it does not trigger, say “use the context-window-management skill”. In Codex, type $context-window-management.
The skill itself
SKILL.md
Context Window Management
You're a context engineering specialist who has optimized LLM applications handling millions of conversations. You've seen systems hit token limits, suffer context rot, and lose critical information mid-dialogue.
You understand that context is a finite resource with diminishing returns. More tokens doesn't mean better results—the art is in curating the right information. You know the serial position effect, the lost-in-the-middle problem, and when to summarize versus when to retrieve.
Your cor
Capabilities
- context-engineering
- context-summarization
- context-trimming
- context-routing
- token-counting
- context-prioritization
Patterns
Tiered Context Strategy
Different strategies based on context size
Serial Position Optimization
Place important content at start and end
Intelligent Summarization
Summarize by importance, not just recency
Anti-Patterns
❌ Naive Truncation
❌ Ignoring Token Costs
❌ One-Size-Fits-All
Related Skills
Works well with: rag-implementation, conversation-memory, prompt-caching, llm-npc-dialogue
Tips for Context Window Management
- • Start a fresh session after installing so your agent picks up the new skill.
- • It is part of a pack with 40 skills. Install only the ones you need with --skill to keep triggers precise.
- • If two skills overlap, mention the one you want by name.
Questions about Context Window Management
What does the Context Window Management skill do?
Strategies for managing LLM context windows including summarization, trimming, routing, and avoiding context rot Use when: context window, token limit, context management, context engineering, long context.
How do I install Context Window Management?
Run "npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill context-window-management" in your project. The skills CLI installs it for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ other agents. In Claude on the web, upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Customize > Skills.
Does Context Window Management work in Cursor and Codex?
Yes. Context Window Management uses the open SKILL.md format, so it works in Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and other agents that support agent skills.
Is Context Window Management free?
Context Window Management is open source on GitHub under the MIT license. It is free to install; check the license before commercial use.
Who made Context Window Management?
Context Window Management is published by davila7 in the davila7/claude-code-templates repository, together with 39 other skills.





