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@diberry diberry commented May 5, 2026

Two recovered blog posts from May 3 session:

  • Tuning up Copilot Skills — waza skill optimization journey (413K→143K tokens)
  • Tuning up Copilot Context — context window reduction (52%→13%)

Each post has its own media folder with screenshots.

diberry and others added 20 commits May 5, 2026 06:04
Two recovered blog posts from May 3 session:
- Tuning up Copilot Skills (waza optimization, 413K->143K tokens)
- Tuning up Copilot Context (context window reduction, 52%->13%)

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Removed references to internal-only tools from the context optimization post:
- WorkIQ plugin and MCP server references
- doc-authoring (agency-playground) plugin
- pr-lifecycle (agency-playground) plugin

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Used OCR-based redaction to white-out: agency-playground, workiq,
copilot-plugins, doc-authoring, pr-lifecycle, write-doc references.
Original kept locally as image43-original.png (not committed).

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…ooks section

1. Fix /context intro - was already working, not 'before touching anything'
2. Redact WorkIQ from image37 and image41
3. Name agent governance file explicitly (.github/copilot-instructions.md)
4. Reformat 57 namespaces from code block to readable table
5. Add 'What About Hooks?' section on context impact

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Reframe from 'massive offender' to 'comprehensive tool with great
scoping options the team built for exactly this use case'. Highlights
namespace filtering as intentional design, not a workaround.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Replace 'bottleneck', 'culprit', 'bloated', 'massive' with neutral
framing: 'biggest consumer', 'significant', 'high context cost'.
The issue was configuration, not a flaw in the tool.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- 'burning' → 'was at' (description)
- 'platform overhead' → 'baseline cost of my setup'
- 'Nuclear' → 'Full removal'
- 'overhead angle' → 'angle'
- 'dramatic reduction in context overhead' → 'significant reduction in context usage'
- 'bloated skills' → 'unoptimized skills'
- 'bloat that creeps in' → 'growth that creeps in'

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- 'Offenders' → 'Biggest Consumers' (heading + body)
- 'what broke' → 'what surprised me' (description)
- 'Context hogs' → 'Context consumers' (alt text)

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
1. bradygaster/squad-cli → bradygaster/squad (correct repo name)
2. 57 namespaces/261 tools → 56 namespaces/259 tools (matches table)
3. Phase 3: '15 skills' → '14 skills' (matches execution)

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Renamed files, media folders, updated slugs, canonical URLs,
sidebar labels, and internal date references.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- Front-load primary keywords in titles for SERP visibility
- Add action-verb keyword variants (reduce, cut, optimize)
- Add tags: MCP, Waza, Token Optimization
- Fix image alt text to remove PR number, add searchable terms

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
MDX interprets < followed by characters as JSX tags.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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