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Rootnode Context Budget

Quality score: 70/100  ·  Category: Engineering  ·  Sub-category: architecture
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Analyzes Claude Project context budget using the two-pool architecture: knowledge files (~66,500 token RAG threshold) vs. threshold-exempt overhead. Two modes: Quick Diagnostic and Full Budget Audit. Use when user says "check my context budget," "how much context am I using," "is my project too big," "optimize my token usage," "tier my files," "optimize for RAG," "improve retrieval quality," "should I keep compressing," "am I over-compressing," "should I accept RAG mode." Also trigger on context pressure symptoms: "Claude forgets my instructions," "responses getting generic," "content not found in my knowledge files." Also use when a project audit scores Knowledge Architecture ≤ 3. Do NOT use for content placement decisions (use rootnode-memory-optimization if available), full project audits (use rootnode-project-audit if available), or behavioral tuning (use rootnode-behavioral-tuning if available). Opus recommended; non-Opus models may produce less complete analysis.

What this skill does

Rootnode Context Budget is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the architecture sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/rootnode-context-budget/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when user says "check my context budget," "how much context am I using," "is my project too big," "optimize my token usage," "tier my files," "optimize for RAG," "improve retrieval quality," "should I keep compressing," "am I over-compressing," "should I accept RAG mode." Also trigger on context pressure symptoms: "Claude forgets my instructions," "responses getting generic," "content not found in my knowledge files.

Who uses this skill

The Rootnode Context Budget skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/rootnode-context-budget
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/rootnode-context-budget/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/rootnode-context-budget/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/rootnode-context-budget/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/rootnode-context-budget/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\rootnode-context-budget\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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