@first-tree-ai/context-tree 0.1.7-alpha.202609010710 → 0.1.7
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- package/README.md +35 -38
- package/dist/cli/index.mjs +923 -647
- package/package.json +7 -28
- package/scripts/postinstall.mjs +53 -0
- package/skills/context-tree-connect/SKILL.md +9 -7
- package/skills/context-tree-create/SKILL.md +10 -10
- package/skills/context-tree-publish/SKILL.md +4 -8
- package/skills/context-tree-read/SKILL.md +32 -12
- package/skills/context-tree-setup/SKILL.md +7 -12
- package/skills/context-tree-write/SKILL.md +196 -17
- package/.agents/plugins/marketplace.json +0 -19
- package/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json +0 -21
- package/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +0 -16
- package/.codex-plugin/plugin.json +0 -36
- package/dist/cli/index.d.mts +0 -1
- package/dist/index.d.mts +0 -77
- package/dist/index.mjs +0 -1449
- package/dist/schemas-C_7izpsa.d.mts +0 -390
- package/dist/schemas-DKHE1sWt.mjs +0 -289
- package/dist/schemas.d.mts +0 -2
- package/dist/schemas.mjs +0 -2
- package/docs/specification.md +0 -160
- package/examples/basic/NODE.md +0 -15
- package/examples/basic/members/NODE.md +0 -8
- package/examples/basic/members/example-agent/NODE.md +0 -7
- package/examples/basic/members/example-agent/memory.md +0 -9
- package/examples/basic/systems/NODE.md +0 -10
- package/examples/basic/systems/runtime.md +0 -15
- package/hooks/hooks.json +0 -26
- package/hooks/session-start.mjs +0 -55
- package/policy/context-tree-policy.md +0 -156
- package/skills/context-tree-connect/scripts/context-tree.mjs +0 -41
- package/skills/context-tree-create/scripts/context-tree.mjs +0 -41
- package/skills/context-tree-publish/scripts/context-tree.mjs +0 -41
- package/skills/context-tree-read/scripts/context-tree.mjs +0 -41
- package/skills/context-tree-setup/scripts/context-tree.mjs +0 -41
- package/skills/context-tree-write/scripts/context-tree.mjs +0 -41
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"description": "Durable, structured project context for coding agents: a CLI plus framework-neutral skills.",
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// Install the packaged skills for every agent the user already has, then report in prose.
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| A choice between alternatives and why the alternatives lost | Function signatures, types, class hierarchies |
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