Project Context

What it does

This skill streamlines project collaboration by managing a central context file for each project. It automatically loads and verifies this file, ensuring everyone on a team has access to the same information about a project's status, recent activity, and outstanding tasks. The skill works in both terminal (Claude Code) and desktop environments (Claude Desktop), adapting its approach based on available tools.

When to use it

• When starting work on a new project and needing quick access to relevant context.
• When switching between projects and wanting to ensure you have the correct information loaded.
• To maintain team alignment by providing a shared understanding of project progress and outstanding tasks.
• When collaborating with others, ensuring everyone is working from the same baseline of information.

Key capabilities

• Project Detection: Automatically identifies the current project based on the working directory (Claude Code) or user input (Claude Desktop).
• Context File Management: Loads and saves a context file (<project-root>/.claude/PROJECT_CONTEXT.md) containing project information.
• Git State Verification: Checks the project's Git status (branch, modified files, recent commits) against the content of the context file.
• Context Switching: Allows users to switch between projects using commands like "switch to [project-name]".
• Automatic Context Generation: Creates a new context file if one doesn’t exist for the current project.

Example prompts

• "load context" (loads the context file for the current project)
• "save context" (saves any changes made during the session to the context file)
• "switch to marketing-website" (switches the active project to "marketing-website")
• “done for today” (clears the “Done list” in the context file)

Tips & gotchas

• The skill relies on a .claude/PROJECT_CONTEXT.md file existing at the root of each project directory.
• In Claude Code, the skill uses pwd to determine the current project; ensure you are in the correct project directory before using the "load context" command.
• If there's a mismatch between the project name in the context file and the actual folder name, the skill will issue a warning and regenerate the context file.