Build a context package

What changes today

The outcome note gains context.

Instead of relying on memory, automated retrieval, or a giant context dump, you choose the smallest useful context for the next delegation.

The context does not need to be perfect. It needs to be attached to the outcome, improvable, and reusable.

You are creating

A Context section that shows what should travel with the assignment.

Before:

• useful notes are scattered
• context is guessed from memory
• retrieval wastes time and tokens on irrelevant context

After:

• the outcome note names the useful context
• links, selected sections, or a Smart Context codeblock show what will be sent
• future review can add, remove, or refine the context

Copy this into your note

Copy this section, then replace the placeholders.

## Context

- [[note AI should use]]
	- [optional: What about this note might be useful as context?]
- [[another useful note]]

Add the Smart Context codeblock to attach context using the Context Builder.

```ctx
```

Answer in your note

• What note might matter most for the next delegation?
• What note might best prevent a generic answer?
• What context might distract from the current outcome?

Examples

Weak context:

## Context
- everything related to this project
- old notes I have not reviewed
- several large files because they might help

Better context:

## Context
- [[specific useful note]]
	- Use this for the audience, constraint, or decision it contains.
- [[another useful note]]
	- Use this only for the section about [specific detail].

Checkpoint

• The note has a Context section with useful links, selected sections, or a Smart Context codeblock.

Use Smart Plugins to make this easier

• Build a visible context package.

  • How I build context in my Obsidian notes
  • Use this when the note needs selected sources, selected sections, or a reusable context package.

• Copy the outcome note and attached context as the assignment.

  • How I use my notes as assignments for delegating work to AI in Obsidian
  • Use this when the note is ready to delegate and you want AI to start from the work-owning note.

• Find useful context without remembering exact keywords.

  • How I link notes without spending time organizing or searching in Obsidian
  • Use this when you know the kind of note you need, but not the filename or exact wording.

Same loop, bigger outcome

For a small outcome, context may be 2-3 links.

For a complex outcome, context may grow over multiple loops.

The same rule still applies for both: start with the smallest useful context and add or remove when reviewing delegated work shows a gap.