What happens when Claude reaches the 80% context limit?

The skill triggers an emergency handoff, delegating remaining work to a new agent with a clean context window to ensure the task finishes without hitting the hard limit.

How does this skill avoid losing task progress?

It saves a comprehensive snapshot of your session state, including active files and pending goals, to a local file before spawning a fresh subagent that reads this state to continue.

Does this work with Claude Code's unattended or dangerous modes?

Yes, the skill is specifically designed to detect and propagate these execution modes so the continuation agent knows to proceed without asking for user confirmation.

Can I customize the context threshold for handoffs?

Absolutely. You can use the CONSERVE_EMERGENCY_THRESHOLD environment variable to override the default 80% limit to fit your specific workflow needs.

Clear Context & State Handoff

Name: Clear Context & State Handoff
Author: athola

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Productivity & Workflow

Automates context management by delegating tasks to fresh subagents when token limits approach critical thresholds.

The Clear Context skill provides a seamless solution for long-running autonomous tasks that risk exhausting Claude's context window. Instead of requiring a manual reset that wipes session history, this skill automatically captures a detailed snapshot of the current session—including active files, pending tasks, and execution modes—and hands the workflow off to a continuation subagent. This 'auto-clear' pattern ensures that complex, multi-step operations like batch refactors or large-scale issue resolution can proceed without interruption or loss of progress.

Key Features

01Comprehensive session state checkpointing to .claude/session-state.md

02Execution mode inheritance for unattended and autonomous operations

03156 GitHub stars

04Automatic context threshold monitoring with emergency handoff triggers

05Seamless subagent delegation for continuous workflow execution

06Configurable thresholds and custom state paths via environment variables

Use Cases

01Managing long-running batch processes like multi-issue resolutions

02Performing deep architectural refactors that consume high token volume

03Maintaining continuity in autonomous workflows without manual intervention

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add athola/claude-night-market clear-context

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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