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Context Driven Development

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>- Creates and maintains project context artifacts (product.md, tech-stack.md, workflow.md, tracks.md) in a `conductor/` directory. Scaffolds new projects from scratch, extracts context from existing codebases, validates artifact consistency before implementation, and synchronizes documents as the project evolves. Use when setting up a project, creating or updating product docs, managing a tech stack file, defining development workflows, tracking work units, onboarding to an existing codebase, or running project scaffolding.

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>- Creates and maintains project context artifacts (product.md, tech-stack.md, workflow.md, tracks.md) in a `conductor/` directory. Scaffolds new projects from scratch, extracts context from existing codebases, validates artifact consistency before implementation, and synchronizes documents as the project evolves. Use when setting up a project, creating or updating product docs, managing a tech stack file, defining development workflows, tracking work units, onboarding to an existing codebase, or running project scaffolding.

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namecontext-driven-development
description>- Creates and maintains project context artifacts (product.md, tech-stack.md, workflow.md, tracks.md) in a `conductor/` directory. Scaffolds new projects from scratch, extracts context from existing codebases, validates artifact consistency before implementation, and synchronizes documents as the project evolves. Use when setting up a project, creating or updating product docs, managing a tech stack file, defining development workflows, tracking work units, onboarding to an existing codebase, or running project scaffolding.
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1---
2name: context-driven-development
3description: >-
4 Creates and maintains project context artifacts (product.md, tech-stack.md, workflow.md, tracks.md)
5 in a `conductor/` directory. Scaffolds new projects from scratch, extracts context from existing
6 codebases, validates artifact consistency before implementation, and synchronizes documents as the
7 project evolves. Use when setting up a project, creating or updating product docs, managing a tech
8 stack file, defining development workflows, tracking work units, onboarding to an existing codebase,
9 or running project scaffolding.
10version: 1.0.0
11---A5No allowed-tools declared — no way to tell what this skill may touch
12 
13# Context-Driven Development
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15Guide for implementing and maintaining context as a managed artifact alongside code, enabling consistent AI interactions and team alignment through structured project documentation.
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17## When to Use This Skill
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19- Setting up new projects with Conductor
20- Understanding the relationship between context artifacts
21- Maintaining consistency across AI-assisted development sessions
22- Onboarding team members to an existing Conductor project
23- Deciding when to update context documents
24- Managing greenfield vs brownfield project contexts
25 
26## Detailed patterns and worked examples
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28Detailed pattern documentation lives in `references/details.md`. Read that file when the navigation tier above is insufficient.
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30## Best Practices
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321. **Read context first**: Always read relevant artifacts before starting work
332. **Small updates**: Make incremental context changes, not massive rewrites
343. **Link decisions**: Reference context when making implementation choices
354. **Version context**: Commit context changes alongside code changes
365. **Review context**: Include context artifact reviews in code reviews
376. **Validate regularly**: Run context validation checklist before major work
387. **Communicate changes**: Notify team when context artifacts change significantly
398. **Preserve history**: Use git to track context evolution over time
409. **Question staleness**: If context feels wrong, investigate and update
4110. **Keep it actionable**: Every context item should inform a decision or behavior
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