context-recovery

Name: context-recovery
Author: jdrhyne

Description

Recover missing conversation context after explicit compaction or truncation, or when the user explicitly asks to recover prior work. Use for requests such as "where were we before compaction?" when the current thread is insufficient. Do not trigger on a generic "continue" when the current thread already provides an actionable next step.

Usage Guidance

Before installing, understand that this skill helps an agent recover lost conversation context and may read recent thread history when needed. Its instructions are privacy-conscious and read-only by default, but users should still review any request to access another source before approving it.

Capability Assessment

ℹ Credentials

The skill may access conversation history or approved external context sources, which can include private data, but it requires minimization, redaction, bounded reads, and user approval for separate sources.

✓ Install Mechanism

The artifact is a single markdown skill file with no executable scripts, install hooks, or package behavior beyond skill instructions.

✓ Instruction Scope

Activation is narrowly scoped to explicit recovery intent plus insufficient current context, with hard limits for current-thread history and explicit approval required before reading other sources.

✓ Persistence & Privilege

The skill explicitly forbids persisting recovered summaries or extracted content unless the user consents to the exact redacted content and destination.

✓ Purpose & Capability

The stated purpose is context recovery after compaction or truncation, and the instructions align with that purpose by limiting recovery to the smallest needed history and treating recovered material as untrusted evidence.

Version History

v1.3.0

Constrain activation and recovery scope, treat recovered material as untrusted, surface provenance and conflicts, and gate cross-source actions and persistence.

v1.2.2

Scanner hardening: add provenance fields, align _meta version, keep API-only recovery scope and consent-based persistence

v1.2.1

Hardening correction: publish API-first recovery instructions and openclaw metadata (fix previous publish path mismatch)

v1.2.0

Hardening pass: switch to openclaw metadata, remove broad filesystem/shell scan instructions, enforce API-first context recovery and consent-based persistence

v1.1.0

Fix suspicious flag: declare required bins (jq, rg, grep), add Safety Boundaries section documenting file access scope

v1.0.1

Fix: populate summary/description on ClawHub listing

v1.0.0

Initial release: Auto-recover context after session compaction. Adaptive depth fetching, thread-aware recovery, memory caching.

Metadata

Slug context-recovery

Version 1.3.0

License MIT-0

All-time Installs 0

Active Installs 0

Total Versions 7

Frequently Asked Questions

What is context-recovery?

Recover missing conversation context after explicit compaction or truncation, or when the user explicitly asks to recover prior work. Use for requests such as "where were we before compaction?" when the current thread is insufficient. Do not trigger on a generic "continue" when the current thread already provides an actionable next step. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 6030 downloads so far.

How do I install context-recovery?

Run "/install context-recovery" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.

Is context-recovery free?

Yes, context-recovery is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.

Which platforms does context-recovery support?

context-recovery is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).

Who created context-recovery?

It is built and maintained by Jonathan Rhyne (@jdrhyne); the current version is v1.3.0.

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