ecc skills are too large! should be encapsulated into different sub-agents ?

[ningnaskado]

The ECC skills are too large, occupying 16k of context. Should they be encapsulated into diffrent sub-agents to prevent the main agent from loading these kills?
After I installed ECC, a new context was used, occupying 19.4k, of which skills occupied 16.7k.

[affaan-m]

Yes, this is a real concern. The fix should be selective loading, not blindly pushing everything into the main context.

The current recommendation is:

1. Do not stack install paths. Use the plugin OR the manual installer, not both.
2. For low-context use, skip the full plugin and install a smaller surface:
   ./install.sh --profile minimal --target claude
3. If you want the core profile without runtime hooks:
   ./install.sh --profile core --without baseline:hooks --target claude
4. Copy only the rule folders and skills you actually use.
5. Disable unused MCP servers with /mcp; MCP tool descriptions can burn a lot of context.

Subagents help when they return summaries instead of dumping all source context into the main agent, but subagents are not a magic fix if the base install already loaded too much. The better architecture is: small always-on rules, on-demand skills, and delegated agents only for work that benefits from a separate context window.

ECC has moved in that direction with selective install profiles and runtime hook controls. The full install remains useful for power users, but it should not be the default for everyone.