Add blog posts: tuning Copilot skills and context window#30
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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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Two recovered blog posts from May 3 session:
Each post has its own media folder with screenshots.