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context-status

Show current context status and session health. Use to check how much context has been used, whether auto-compact is approaching, and what state will be preserved.

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Use context-status to report current session context usage, auto-compact risk, active-plan status, and preservation-check status.

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    name: context-statusdescription: |  Show current context status and session health.  Use to check how much context has been used, whether auto-compact is  approaching, and what state will be preserved.author: Claude Code Academic Workflowversion: 1.0.0allowed-tools: ["Read", "Bash", "Glob"]

    /context-status — Check Session Health

    Show the current session status including context usage estimate, active plan, and preservation state.

    What This Skill Shows

    1. Context usage estimate — Approximate % of context window used
    2. Active plan — Current plan file and status
    3. Session log — Most recent session log
    4. Preservation state — What will survive compaction

    Workflow

    Step 1: Check Context Monitor Cache

    Read the context monitor cache to get the current estimate:

    cat ~/.claude/sessions/*/context-monitor-cache.json 2>/dev/null | head -20

    Step 2: Find Active Plan

    ls -lt quality_reports/plans/*.md 2>/dev/null | head -3

    Step 3: Find Session Log

    ls -lt quality_reports/session_logs/*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1

    Step 4: Report Status

    Format the output:

    📊 Session Status
─────────────────────────────────
Context Usage:  ~XX% (estimated)
Auto-compact:   [approaching | not imminent]

📋 Active Plan
File:   quality_reports/plans/YYYY-MM-DD_description.md
Status: [draft | approved | in_progress | completed]
Task:   [current unchecked task or "none"]

📝 Session Log
File:   quality_reports/session_logs/YYYY-MM-DD_description.md

✓ Preservation Check
  • Pre-compact hook: [configured | missing]
  • Post-compact restore: [configured | missing]
  • Session state will be saved before compaction

    Notes

    • Context % is an estimate based on tool call count
    • Actual compaction is triggered by Claude Code automatically
    • All important state is saved to disk (plans, logs, MEMORY.md)