cursor-context-management

Optimize context window usage in Cursor with @-mentions, context pills, and conversation strategy. Triggers on "cursor context", "context window", "context limit", "cursor memory", "context management", "@-mentions", "context pills".

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Quality

Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A concrete, well-organized guide with strong copy-paste examples and configs. Its biggest gap is progressive disclosure: seven reference files exist but are entirely orphaned, with their content duplicated inline rather than linked from the overview.

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Link the seven references/ files from the body (e.g., a '## Further reading' section pointing to advanced-techniques.md, best-practices.md, examples.md, errors.md, conversation-context.md, managing-large-codebases.md) so the overview stays lean and the bundle is discoverable.

Move the inlined advanced/best-practice material (layered context, context priming, @-mention strategy advice) into the corresponding reference files and summarize one-liners in SKILL.md to reduce duplication.

Move the time-sensitive model token-limit table into a reference (or mark it as approximate/current) so the main body avoids date-sensitive facts, improving conciseness.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is largely lean and product-specific (Cursor UI mechanics), but includes a time-sensitive model token-limit table not placed in a deprecated section and some mild explanatory prose ("managing it well is the single biggest lever"), so it could be tightened.	2 / 3
Actionability	It supplies concrete, copy-paste-ready @-mention prompt templates per task type, a full .cursorignore block, and a .cursor/rules .mdc example, giving specific executable guidance rather than vague direction.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Content is organized by task category with per-task patterns, but there is no sequenced multi-step workflow with validation checkpoints; this is acceptable for a non-destructive guide, yet the structure is advisory rather than a clear procedural sequence.	2 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	The body is sectioned (not a wall of text), but the seven files in references/ (advanced-techniques, best-practices, conversation-context, errors, examples, managing-large-codebases, context-optimization-strategies) are never linked or signaled from the body, and overlapping content is inlined, fitting the 'references present but not clearly signaled; content that should be separate is inline' anchor.	2 / 3
	Total	9 / 12 Passed

Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A well-formed description with explicit trigger guidance and a clear Cursor-specific niche. Its main weakness is specificity, relying on one abstract verb plus a list of mechanisms rather than multiple concrete actions.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	The description names the domain and three mechanisms ("@-mentions, context pills, and conversation strategy") but uses a single abstract verb ("Optimize context window usage") rather than listing multiple concrete actions, matching the 'names domain and some actions, but not comprehensive' anchor.	2 / 3
Completeness	It states what the skill does ("Optimize context window usage in Cursor...") and provides explicit trigger guidance ("Triggers on..."), answering both what and when rather than only implying when.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	The 'Triggers on' list covers natural terms a user would say ("cursor context", "context window", "context limit", "context management", "@-mentions", "context pills"), giving good coverage of common phrasings.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The Cursor-specific niche and distinct triggers ("cursor context", "context pills", "@-mentions") make it unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Validation

87%

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Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
allowed_tools_field	'allowed-tools' contains unusual tool name(s)	Warning
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills
Path: plugins/saas-packs/cursor-pack/skills/cursor-context-management/SKILL.md
Commit: c4eafaf

Reviewed: 3 days ago

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