context-engineering
Optimizes agent context setup. Use when starting a new session, when agent output quality degrades, when switching between tasks,…
What it does
- Starting a new coding session
- Agent output quality is declining (wrong patterns, hallucinated APIs, ignoring conventions)
- Switching between different parts of a codebase
- Setting up a new project for AI-assisted development
- The agent is not following project conventions
- React 18, TypeScript 5, Vite, Tailwind CSS 4
- Node.js 22, Express, PostgreSQL, Prisma
Requirements & configuration
- At session start, provide everything the agent needs in a structured block:
- If the spec doesn't cover a case you need to implement:
Configuration: AGENTS
Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23
Optimizes agent context setup. Use when starting a new session, when agent output quality degrades, when switching between tasks, or when you need to configure rules files and context for a project.
Source
Repository: https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills
context-engineering FAQ
What does the context-engineering skill do?
Optimizes agent context setup. Use when starting a new session, when agent output quality degrades, when switching between tasks, or when you need to configure rules files and context for a project. Starting a new coding session Agent output quality is declining (wrong patterns, hallucinated APIs, ignoring conventions)
What does context-engineering require?
At session start, provide everything the agent needs in a structured block: If the spec doesn't cover a case you need to implement: Configuration keys: AGENTS.
How do I install context-engineering?
Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills --skill context-engineering --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills.
Maintain context-engineering?
Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.
[](https://getagentictools.com/skills/addyosmani-agent-skills-context-engineering?ref=badge) npx agentictools info skills/addyosmani-agent-skills-context-engineering The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.