Why Your Agent's Context Window Is Getting Eaten Before You Start

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · May 6, 2026 · 23m

When you install plugins in Claude Code, every skill and command gets eagerly loaded at session start, nibbling your context window before you type a single character. This episode explores an inverted architecture: a centralized catalogue server with a thin bridge plugin that fetches skills on demand. We dig into the eager vs. lazy trade-off, why the crossover point matters, and how the humble description field becomes the most important thing you write when the model only sees a menu, not the kitchen. Episode 2674 — myweirdprompts.com/n/2674 (permanent short link: myweirdprompts.com/428994)