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orchestration-context

Compaction and handoff rules for multi-agent orchestration. Use when a lead orchestrator or teammate needs to manage context pressure, compact their context window, or write a handoff note before compacting.

personAuthor: jakexiaohubgithub

Orchestration — Context Budget Management

Lead Orchestrator

  • Compact after every wave; always after 2+ waves
  • Write handoff to .claude/state/lead-handoff.md BEFORE compacting
  • Compact instruction: Preserve: orchestration plan, team roster, current wave, file ownership map, all ledger entries, blocker status
  • After compaction, immediately read your handoff note

Teammates

  • Compact every 3 tasks, or after 10+ file reads (the read-counter hook will warn you)
  • Write handoff to .claude/state/<your-name>-handoff.md BEFORE compacting
  • Compact instruction: Preserve: my tasks, file ownership, decisions from my handoff note
  • After compaction, immediately read your handoff note

Subagents

  • Disposable — no compaction needed
  • Return structured results only (use the scan/integration templates in orchestration-state)