Contexts Management Playbook

Manage conversation contexts for agent interactions.

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List Contexts

{ "command": "core contexts list" }

Shows all contexts with ID, name, task count, message count, last updated, and active marker (*).

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Show Context Details

Short IDs (first 8 chars) work for most commands.

{ "command": "core contexts show <id>" }

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Create New Context

{ "command": "core contexts create --name \"my-context\"" }
{ "command": "core contexts new --name \"my-context\"" }

Use new to create and set as active in one step (recommended).

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Switch Active Context

{ "command": "core contexts use <id>" }

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Rename Context

{ "command": "core contexts edit <id> --name \"renamed-context\"" }

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Delete Context

{ "command": "core contexts delete <id> -y" }

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Context Workflows

Fresh Conversation with Agent

{ "command": "core contexts new --name \"my-research-task\"" }
{ "command": "admin agents message <name> -m \"Research topic\" --blocking" }

Multi-Agent Shared Context

All agents share the active context and can reference each other's work:

{ "command": "core contexts new --name \"content-pipeline\"" }
{ "command": "admin agents message researcher -m \"Research AI costs\" --blocking" }
{ "command": "admin agents message writer -m \"Create post from research\" --blocking" }

Resume Previous Conversation

{ "command": "core contexts list" }
{ "command": "core contexts use <context-id>" }
{ "command": "admin agents message <name> -m \"Continue from where we left off\" --blocking" }

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Troubleshooting

Wrong context active -- List with core contexts list, switch with core contexts use <id>.

Context not found -- Use full UUID if short ID is ambiguous.

Too many contexts -- Clean up old contexts with core contexts delete <id> -y.

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Quick Reference

Task	Command
List contexts	core contexts list
Show context	core contexts show <id>
Create context	core contexts create --name "x"
Create and activate	core contexts new --name "x"
Switch context	core contexts use <id>
Rename context	core contexts edit <id> --name "x"
Delete context	core contexts delete <id> -y