| name | vc-generate-context |
| description | Generate or update the project's authoritative repository context at process/context/all-context.md. Use when repo context is missing, stale, or contradicted by code. |
| trigger_keywords | generate context, update context, refresh context, missing context |
| layer | contract |
| metadata | {"author":"vibecode-pro-max-kit","version":"1.0.0"} |
Generate Context
Output style: Follow process/development-protocols/communication-standards.md — answer-first, plain language, no unexplained jargon, TL;DR on long responses.
Use this skill to maintain process/context/all-context.md, the broad portable project knowledge layer shared by Codex and Claude. Use process/context/all-context.md as the context router before reading grouped docs.
Optional input: a package, app, feature, context group, or architectural area to refresh first.
Workflow
- Read
references/generate-context.md for the full context contract.
- Determine mode:
- Full scan when
process/context/all-context.md is missing.
- Delta update when it exists.
- Read
process/context/all-context.md when present to identify relevant grouped context files.
- Inspect current repo state, active plans, feature folders, package scripts, tooling, important architecture files, and relevant
process/context/**/*.md docs.
- Produce
process/context/all-context.md PLUS process/context/{group}/all-{group}.md for each detected or approved group (see Invocation Modes below).
- Include scan timestamp, repo HEAD if available, changes since last update, open questions, and source references.
- Validate the generated context:
node .claude/skills/vc-generate-context/scripts/validate-all-context.mjs
- If routing or grouped context changed, also run:
node .claude/skills/vc-audit-context/scripts/validate-context-discovery.mjs
Rules
- Treat
process/context/ as durable cross-agent knowledge.
- Treat
process/context/all-context.md as the durable routing protocol; do not replace it with generated prose.
- Do not store agent-specific mechanics here unless they affect project workflow.
- Do not rewrite grouped context docs; if they are stale or mis-grouped, flag
audit-context.
- Prefer concise, factual, path-specific documentation.
- Use
pnpm terminology for package management.
- Treat validation failures as blockers before presenting context as refreshed.
Invocation Modes
| Mode | Trigger | Group-detection | Output |
|---|
setup-delegation | Called by vc-setup passing an approved-groups list | Skip re-detection; use the list provided | all-context.md + all-{group}.md for each approved group |
standalone-full | Direct invocation with no groups list | Self-detect groups via the detection table in references/generate-context.md | all-context.md + all-{group}.md for all detected groups |
delta | Invoked when context already exists; update context | Self-detect; create MISSING groups only; warn on unrecognized; never delete | all-context.md updated + any new all-{group}.md files created |
See references/generate-context.md for per-mode instructions, the Context Group Detection Table, and delta-mode group-creation rules.