Overview
context-engineering-advisor is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by deanpeters. Its author describes it as: “Diagnose context stuffing vs. context engineering. Use when an AI workflow feels bloated, brittle, or hard to steer reliably.”. The project has 6.5k stars on GitHub and ships custom license terms, so review them before reuse. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills`.
What context-engineering-advisor does
Guide product managers through diagnosing whether they're doing **context stuffing** (jamming volume without intent) or **context engineering** (shaping structure for attention). Use this to identify context boundaries, fix "Context Hoarding Disorder," and implement tactical practices like bounded domains, episodic retrieval, and the Research→Plan→Reset→Implement cycle.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for context-engineering-advisor is organised into these sections:
- Purpose
- Input
- Key Concepts
- The Paradigm Shift: Parametric → Contextual Intelligence
- Context Stuffing vs. Context Engineering
- The Anti-Pattern: Context Stuffing
- Real Context Engineering: Core Principles
- The 5 Diagnostic Questions (Detect Context Hoarding Disorder)
- Memory Architecture: Two-Layer System
- The Research → Plan → Reset → Implement Cycle
- Anti-Patterns (What This Is NOT)
- When to Use This Skill
Installation
Add context-engineering-advisor to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-SkillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
License
deanpeters has not declared a standard open-source license for this repository (Other). Confirm the terms with the author before reusing it.
Strengths
- Ships in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, an established project with 6,527 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Things to check
- No license declared — confirm terms with the author before reuse
Author
Topics
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Frequently asked questions
- What does context-engineering-advisor do?
- Diagnose context stuffing vs. context engineering. Use when an AI workflow feels bloated, brittle, or hard to steer reliably.
- How do I install context-engineering-advisor?
- Run /plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills before installing.
- Is context-engineering-advisor free to use?
- context-engineering-advisor is publicly available on GitHub, but deanpeters has not declared a standard open-source license (Other). Confirm the terms with the author before reusing it.
- Which agents does context-engineering-advisor work with?
- context-engineering-advisor lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does context-engineering-advisor come from?
- context-engineering-advisor ships inside deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 6,527 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
