How to Get Project Context
The PACT Secretary (secretary) is available for the entire session to answer questions about past decisions, architectural patterns, and project history.
When to use this:
- Before making a decision that might have been made before
- When you encounter an unfamiliar part of the codebase
- When your task description references prior work you don't have context on
How to request context:
SendMessage(to="secretary",
message="[{your-name}→secretary] Query: {your question}",
summary="Context request: {topic}")
What you'll get back: Summaries of relevant memories with IDs. If you need more detail on a specific memory, ask a follow-up with the memory ID.
What NOT to ask: Implementation advice, code review, or testing strategy — those are other specialists' domains. The secretary provides historical context only.