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f-context

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Get a quick, complete picture of a repo before working in it.

On site

The Logbook: when you're new to a repo, or before rethinking a plan. At a job's start, f-shift already does this for the job.

It only reads, never changes anything. It can trace features with code-explorer, and --deep also digs through the commit history.

When

When you arrive at a repo you don't know, or before re-planning work.

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get me up to speed on this projectwhat is this codebaseorient me

Not forA mid-session refresher, which is free (f-status). Not for Logbook card search (f-search).

It's working if
  • The brief covers the project and its current priority, the git state, active work, the Logbook cards that match the focus, the relevant architecture, standing warnings and a short starting sequence with source paths.
  • It names the active work in one focus line before it searches the Logbook.
  • With a focus, it adds a short deep dive on that area. With --deep, it adds a Deep Context section.
  • If a step fails, it carries on and tells you what is missing.
  • It edited no files, staged, committed and pushed nothing, and called no paid services.
How to call it

The three ways to start it, exactly as the skill lists them.

/f-context
/f-context [focus-area]
/f-context --deep [focus-area]
Common questions
When should I use it?
When you arrive at a repo cold, or before re-scoping. At a job's start /f-shift already loads the job's cards, and a mid-session "where are we" is /f-status, which costs nothing.
What does --deep add?
Full commit messages read for the reasons behind changes, tracing of the most-changed files and what they affect, similar code to follow, and the neighbourhoods of recently changed files. It is meant for coming back after a long break or before resuming complex work.
What can I give as a focus?
A path, a system name, or a cluster slug that your Logbook already uses.
Why does it cost more than other skills?
It reads widely and may send helper agents to answer bounded questions, with more digging under --deep. That is why it suggests cheaper skills when they fit.
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