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Coding Agents Best Practices II: Context, Rules, and Progressive Memory

Manage the agent context window, keep Cursor rules and CLAUDE.md lean, use skills for progressive disclosure, and Document & Clear instead of drowning in compaction loss.

AI Playbook2026-08-046 min readintroductory

Executive takeaway​

Manage the agent context window, keep Cursor rules and CLAUDE.md lean, use skills for progressive disclosure, and Document & Clear instead of drowning in compaction loss.

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  3. What to do next

Why it matters​

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