Agent skill

Context Optimization

by aiskillstore in aiskillstore/marketplace

Context optimization extends the effective capacity of limited context windows through strategic compression, masking, caching, and partitioning.

No licenceAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Context Optimization

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill context-optimization -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aiskillstore/marketplace context-optimization --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/sickn33/context-optimization .claude/skills/context-optimization && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
context-optimization
GitHub stars
430
Used in
3 other repos
Token cost
~2.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
992 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
1,085
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Context optimization extends the effective capacity of limited context windows through strategic compression, masking, caching, and partitioning.

  • Works in 8 steps: Measure before optimizing—know your… → Apply compaction before masking when… → Design for cache stability with… → …
  • Tasks that involve Context engineering
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, Core Concepts, Detailed Topics and Practical Guidance, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Context Optimization is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Context optimization extends the effective capacity of limited context windows through strategic compression, masking, caching, and partitioning. The goal is not to magically increase context windows but to make better use of available capacity.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `skill-report.json`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Context engineering. The repository describes itself as: Security-audited skills for Claude, Codex & Claude Code. One-click install, quality verified.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Context engineering

Example prompts

  • “/context-optimization”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Measure before optimizing—know your current state
  2. Apply compaction before masking when possible
  3. Design for cache stability with consistent prompts
  4. Partition before context becomes problematic
  5. Monitor optimization effectiveness over time
  6. Balance token savings against quality preservation
  7. Test optimization at production scale
  8. Implement graceful degradation for edge cases

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4ac52da. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are python).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Context Optimization loads about 2.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 67 tokens; SKILL.md has 992 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~67
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 992 words (~2,181 tokens).

“Context optimization extends the effective capacity of limited context windows through strategic compression, masking, caching, and partitioning. The goal is not to magically increase context windows but to make better use of available capacity. Effective optimization can double or triple…”

— opening of SKILL.md by aiskillstore
name
context-optimization
risk
unknown
source
community

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/sickn33/context-optimization of aiskillstore/marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • skill-report.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4ac52da

Used in 3 other repositories

We found 14 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 3 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in aiskillstore/marketplace, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Context Optimization next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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ccc Semantic Code Searchcocoindex-io/cocoindex-code2.7k—~938Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Context Mode for Antigravity CLImksglu/context-mode26k—~850Automated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Categories

Questions about Context Optimization

What does Context Optimization do?

Context optimization extends the effective capacity of limited context windows through strategic compression, masking, caching, and partitioning. Context Optimization is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Context optimization extends the effective capacity of limited context windows through strategic compression, masking, caching, and partitioning.

When should I use Context Optimization?

Context Optimization fits situations like: tasks that involve Context engineering.

How do I install Context Optimization in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill context-optimization -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/sickn33/context-optimization in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .claude/skills/context-optimization in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Context Optimization in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill context-optimization -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/sickn33/context-optimization in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .agents/skills/context-optimization in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Context Optimization in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill context-optimization -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/context-optimization, .gemini/skills/context-optimization, .github/skills/context-optimization and .opencode/skills/context-optimization in your project.

What does Context Optimization need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Context Optimization is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Context Optimization access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Context Optimization safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Context Optimization use?

No licence was found for Context Optimization or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Context Optimization use?

About 2.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Context Optimization?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Context Optimization: Context Mode Output Sandbox (mksglu/context-mode, 26k stars), Memori Long-Term Memory (MemoriLabs/Memori, 17k stars), Picoclaw Skill Creator (sipeed/picoclaw, 30k stars) and ccc Semantic Code Search (cocoindex-io/cocoindex-code, 2.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Context Optimization?

aiskillstore (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aiskillstore/marketplace, which has 430 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,085 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: aiskillstore/marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.