Topic overview · Context wear
A project does not lose the thread all at once. Its context slowly becomes unreadable.
Controllable context combines relevance, provenance and compactness. It separates the archive of the past from the working space of the next decision.
Two spaces instead of one text mass
Long AI projects rarely fail in one dramatic moment. They become unclear slowly: a rejected assumption lingers, a summary replaces its source, new requirements arrive while old boundaries stay. Context has not disappeared — it has worn out.
Archive
- history & trail
- earlier variants
- sources in original
- → preserved, not visible
→
Active context
- objective & current decisions
- authoritative materials
- open tensions
- → next verifiable step
01 · RelevanceOnly what changes the next decision remains active.
02 · ProvenanceSource, decision, assumption and rejected variant stay distinct.
03 · Hand-offEvery phase ends with a new, testable working contract.
Core method
The context cockpit
Current objectiveWhich verifiable outcome should this phase produce?
Binding decisionsWhat has been decided — and since when?
Authoritative sourcesWhich files or evidence take precedence?
No longer validWhich variants or terms were superseded?
Open tensionsWhat is contradictory or still to be tested?
Next checkpointWhich step follows, and which criterion decides?
Separate archive and workspace, clarify status and provenance, then test the new state without the old conversation.