Select

Context engineering framework for AI coding agents — Write, Isolate, Select, Compress

Install

npx -y skills add ph3on1x/wisci --skill select

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Loads validated project context into the session — bare invocation gives a codebase primer plus an inventory of stored context and handoffs; with arguments it runs a targeted deep dive on one topic. Use when starting or resuming a session, orienting in a project, or loading stored context for a task.

SKILL.md

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/select — Context Loader

Load exactly the context the current task needs. Every stored file is validated by staleness detection before it enters the window — outdated content is stripped, never loaded.

Store state

!python3 "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/wisci.py" scan

If the scan above shows an error or an unexpanded variable, run the bundled script manually: it is at scripts/wisci.py relative to this skill's directory. Run python3 <that path> scan with Bash.

The scan classifies every file in .wisci/ (fresh / stale / broken), lists what changed, and enumerates handoff streams. Trust it — do not re-derive staleness with your own git commands.

Mode Detection

Check $ARGUMENTS:

Empty or blank: execute bare mode — read and follow references/bare-mode.md
Has content: execute targeted mode — read and follow references/targeted-mode.md

Staleness Action Rules

Apply to every context file before loading:

Fresh: load as-is.
Stale: load with stale sections stripped. A section "depends on" a reference if that reference's path appears in the section body.
- Strip sections whose dependent references appear in the scan's changed list.
- If a changed reference appears only in ## References and in no section body, strip nothing — prepend instead:
```
> **Note:** Referenced file <path> has changed since this context was written.
```
- When sections are stripped, prepend:
```
> **Note:** N sections stripped — their referenced files changed. Consider /write <topic> to refresh.
```
Broken: do not load. Report: "<filename> references code that no longer exists. Delete it or refresh with /write."
Handoff leaves older than 7 days (scan age_days): warn before loading — "handoff is N days old; its next steps may be outdated."
Files without a ## References manifest have no trackable references — treat as fresh.

Output Contract

End every invocation with a load report:

Loaded: <n> files (~<k> tokens). Stripped: <n> stale sections. Skipped: <files, reason>.

Estimate tokens as total loaded bytes / 4. The point: the user sees what this load cost their context window.

Key Constraints

Runs inline (not forked) — loaded context must land in the main window. Targeted mode may spawn child agents for exploration.
Never load stale or broken content; the stripping rules are not optional.
The handoff index (.wisci/handoff.md) is script-generated — read it for routing, never edit it.