Why: CONTEXT.md is an instructed every-session read at 33,799 bytes (~8,450
tokens), and CONTEXT.md:17 layered docs/VISION.md on top. After the AGENTS.md
trim, that left ~9,650 tokens of instructed reads sitting behind a file whose
own format contract — grill-with-docs/CONTEXT-FORMAT.md:43, "Keep definitions
tight. One sentence max." — it was not following. 22 glossary entries averaged
190 words; the top four were 55% of the file, and one ("Vale audit prefilter")
was 1,444 words of pre-commit forensics filed as a definition.
Implementation notes:
- CONTEXT.md rewritten to CONTEXT-FORMAT.md's prescribed template: ## Language
(five clusters, 22 terms with _Avoid_ aliases), ## Relationships,
## Example dialogue, ## Flagged ambiguities. 33,799 -> 9,762 bytes.
- Vale prefilter forensics moved to docs/spec/gates.md under nine subsections:
the two-copy style layout, vale-wrap.sh and the Vale 3.15.2
text.frontmatter.description limitation, the --config argv defect (E100),
glob scoping, the rule inventory, and 0-files-means-NOT-RUN.
- Instruction-file format and the bidirectional-reference principle moved to
docs/spec/architecture.md, the latter flagged as aspirational: no instruction
file carries a `when:` field, only 2 of 39 skills do, and the reference
scanner script it names does not exist.
- Added a per-plugin scope table to architecture.md so "which plugin owns this
skill" survives the trim, and corrected its claim that the content index
lives in providers/claude-code/CLAUDE.md — that file is now two import lines
and the index sits in core/AGENTS.md.
- "Repo and Gitea are the only source of truth" moved from CONTEXT.md's
Principles into AGENTS.md session rules; it was operative guidance in a
glossary. docs/VISION.md and LESSONS.md added to the on-demand list.
- The apm-consumed install entry (432 words) was deleted outright: all four
consequences are already carried by README.md, ADR-0018, gates.md and
AGENTS.md.
- ADR-0013, ADR-0015 and ADR-0017 each pointed at CONTEXT.md sections that
moved; amended with dated supersession notes rather than left dangling.
Impact: the every-session set drops from ~15,700 to ~4,140 tokens across both
passes (-74%). The deleted "lint plugin" entry was also stale on a safety
claim — it said lint-runner inherits Edit, but ADR-0016 restored
`disallowedTools: Edit, Write, NotebookEdit` and CONTEXT.md was never updated.
Refs: #99
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