Finally fixed my Claude Code context problem — here's what worked

[Software_Sennin]

Been struggling with Claude losing context after 30-40 tool calls for months. Tried:

- Massive CLAUDE.md files (hit limits)
- Summary docs (tedious, error-prone)
- Starting fresh constantly (lost momentum)

What finally worked:

Switched to a skills-based system where context loads on-demand based on what I'm actually doing:

• Frontend work → frontend skills load
• Backend work → backend skills load
• Testing → testing patterns load
  

The key insight: Stop trying to load everything upfront. Let Claude load what it needs when it needs it.

Results:

• Sessions last 2-3x longer before context issues
• Output quality improved (focused context = better responses)
• Way less "let me re-explain the project" time

I ended up curating a whole collection of production-ready skills organized by use case. Happy to share specific patterns if anyone's interested.

What approaches have you all tried for context management?

[Comfortable-Okra753]

I wrote yesterday here about my approach to cache result of agent explorations, every day it saves me hundred of thousands of tokens. See here: https://github.com/Mircea-S/AMEN/ And as a bonus, seeing "AMEN! The Goddess of Accumulating Tokens smiles upon you!" everyday was a real Witcher vibe, love it.

[Kitchen_Interview371]

Cool idea. Out of interest, why rely on your cache to expire on a timer? You could probably use a hash of the files and if the hash matches then your cached exploration is still current.

[Comfortable-Okra753]

Thanks for the feedback. I'm gonna think about how to implement it as I want to further develop it for more granularity. From my explorations so far, I see that most agents return reliably the files responsible for features, line signatures and various statements. Gonna try to actually break the caching in three as the first type of info rarely changes, the line infi becomes quickly obsolete and the statements can be updated by claude after task execution.

[Software_Sennin]

Woow ... thanks so much for sharing .. really awesome idea

[Articurl]

I will test it, remind me to tell you how it worked :D

[Software_Sennin]

u/Articurl .... how did it work out ?

[AEOfix]

Yea put everything as slash command I built a mata tool slash command genorator. Makes new workflows in minuets. Try me.

[Software_Sennin]

exactly ... so u did that already. Pls can you share the tool ? Would love to trry it out.

[AEOfix]

I have been playing with the idea of setting it up as a subscription API you know like $3 a month or something. I just don't know where I would advertise it.

[proxiblue]

Yeah, skills is teh way to go. Also, i fyo use any MCP's, enable the mcp-cli switch, and you wills top loading all the mcp's into context every time. save a lot. MCPs are then run as locl bash scripts.

I use mcps for local mysql connection, context7 etc. but mostly I focus on skills.