Agent skill

Ambient Context Catch Me Up

by dragthelake in dragthelake/ambient-context

A skill your agent uses when the user asks what they were doing, where they got to, what is still open, or to be caught up after a break.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passed

Install Ambient Context Catch Me Up

skills CLI
$ npx skills add dragthelake/ambient-context --skill ambient-context-catch-me-up -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install dragthelake/ambient-context ambient-context-catch-me-up --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/dragthelake/ambient-context.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ambient-context-catch-me-up .claude/skills/ambient-context-catch-me-up && 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
ambient-context-catch-me-up
GitHub stars
206
Token cost
~408 tokens
SKILL.md length
213 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
5
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when the user asks what they were doing, where they got to, what is still open, or to be caught up after a break.

  • Works in 5 steps: Call list_days once. Note whether today… → Read today's summary with read_summary.… → If a day has no summary, read the… → …
  • The user asks what they were doing
  • SKILL.md covers Steps and Reply
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Ambient Context Catch Me Up is an agent skill from dragthelake/ambient-context. Use when the user asks what they were doing, where they got to, what is still open, or to be caught up after a break. Reads today's Ambient Context summary and record and briefs them.

Its SKILL.md is about 410 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: A menu bar app that keeps a written record of what you worked on. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks what they were doing
  • Where they got to
  • What is still open
  • Be caught up after a break

Example prompts

  • “/ambient-context-catch-me-up”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Call list_days once. Note whether today and yesterday have a summary.
  2. Read today's summary with read_summary. Before 10:00 local time, read yesterday's as well; the morning question is usually about yesterday.
  3. If a day has no summary, read the headings of its record instead: read_day with file set to apps, and treat the ## headings as the…
  4. For anything the summary calls unfinished, open, blocked or waiting, check read_kb with file set to threads.md and then commitments.md for…
  5. If the user names a thing the summary does not mention, search_record for it before saying it is not there.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7e57155. 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.

    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

Ambient Context Catch Me Up loads about 408 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 213 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~408

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

The full file from dragthelake/ambient-context at commit 7e57155, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© dragthelake). 213 words, ~408 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ambient-context-catch-me-up/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
ambient-context-catch-me-up
description
Use when the user asks what they were doing, where they got to, what is still open, or to be caught up after a break. Reads today's Ambient Context summary and record and briefs them.
license
Apache-2.0
metadata.tools
list_days read_summary read_day read_kb search_record

Catch me up

Follow the ambient-context skill's conventions: narrowest read first, quote little, zero is a normal result.

Steps

  1. Call list_days once. Note whether today and yesterday have a summary.
  2. Read today's summary with read_summary. Before 10:00 local time, read yesterday's as well; the morning question is usually about yesterday.
  3. If a day has no summary, read the headings of its record instead: read_day with file set to apps, and treat the ## headings as the timeline. Read block bodies only for the last hour before the user stopped.
  4. For anything the summary calls unfinished, open, blocked or waiting, check read_kb with file set to threads.md and then commitments.md for the citation, then read_day on that time window if the summary is not enough.
  5. If the user names a thing the summary does not mention, search_record for it before saying it is not there.

Reply

Under 200 words unless asked for more, in this order:

  • Where you were. The last thing they were doing, with the app and the time.
  • Open threads. One line each: what, with whom, what it is waiting on.
  • Pick up here. One suggestion, drawn from the record, not invented.

Cite times as the record does (09:14–09:41). Do not list every block of the day.

© dragthelake, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/ambient-context-catch-me-up of dragthelake/ambient-context.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7e57155

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Output Error Try Catchgrowthxai/output442—~1.1kAutomated safety check: NotesApache-2.0
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Questions about Ambient Context Catch Me Up

What does Ambient Context Catch Me Up do?

A skill your agent uses when the user asks what they were doing, where they got to, what is still open, or to be caught up after a break. Ambient Context Catch Me Up is an agent skill from dragthelake/ambient-context. Use when the user asks what they were doing, where they got to, what is still open, or to be caught up after a break.

When should I use Ambient Context Catch Me Up?

Ambient Context Catch Me Up fits situations like: the user asks what they were doing; where they got to; what is still open; be caught up after a break.

How do I install Ambient Context Catch Me Up in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add dragthelake/ambient-context --skill ambient-context-catch-me-up -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ambient-context-catch-me-up in dragthelake/ambient-context) into .claude/skills/ambient-context-catch-me-up in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ambient Context Catch Me Up in Codex?

Run `npx skills add dragthelake/ambient-context --skill ambient-context-catch-me-up -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ambient-context-catch-me-up in dragthelake/ambient-context) into .agents/skills/ambient-context-catch-me-up in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ambient Context Catch Me Up 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 dragthelake/ambient-context --skill ambient-context-catch-me-up -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ambient-context-catch-me-up, .gemini/skills/ambient-context-catch-me-up, .github/skills/ambient-context-catch-me-up and .opencode/skills/ambient-context-catch-me-up in your project.

What does Ambient Context Catch Me Up need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ambient Context Catch Me Up is instructions for the agent only.

Does Ambient Context Catch Me Up 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 Ambient Context Catch Me Up 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 Ambient Context Catch Me Up use?

Ambient Context Catch Me Up is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Ambient Context Catch Me Up use?

About 408 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.6k 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 Ambient Context Catch Me Up?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ambient Context Catch Me Up: Ambient Weather Automation (ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills, 77k stars), Ambient Healthcare Agent With Nemotron Voice Agent (NVIDIA/skills, 3.6k stars), Sc Ambient Removal (TianGzlab/OmicsClaw, 161 stars) and Output Error Try Catch (growthxai/output, 442 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Ambient Context Catch Me Up?

dragthelake (a GitHub user) maintains it in dragthelake/ambient-context, which has 206 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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