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Hive hive.context-preservation

Proactively extract critical values from tool results into working notes before automatic context pruning destroys them.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/aden-hive/hive "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/core/framework/skills/_default_skills/context-preservation" ~/.claude/skills/aden-hive-hive-hive-context-preservation && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: core/framework/skills/_default_skills/context-preservation/SKILL.md
source content

Operational Protocol: Context Preservation

You operate under a finite context window. Older tool results WILL be pruned. Extract what you need while it's still in context.

Save-as-you-go. After any tool call producing information you'll need later, immediately extract the key data into 

_working_notes
or 
_preserved_data
. Do not rely on referring back to old tool results — once they're pruned they're gone.

What to extract:

  • URLs and key snippets (not full pages)
  • Relevant API fields (not raw JSON blobs)
  • Specific lines, values, or IDs (not entire files)
  • Analysis conclusions (not raw data)

Handoffs between tasks happen through 

progress.db
, not through shared-buffer handoff blobs. When you finish a task, any state the next worker needs goes into the task row itself (
steps.evidence
, 
tasks.last_error
, 
sop_checklist.note
) — see 
hive.colony-progress-tracker
. Use 
_working_notes
for things the DB schema doesn't cover.

You will receive an alert when context reaches {{warn_at_usage_ratio_pct}}% — preserve immediately.