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name: papi-advanced
description: Invoke for cross-project patterns, dogfood-derived workflows, or advanced cycle management.
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# papi-advanced

## When to Start a New Conversation

Your AI host manages its own context — it compacts automatically as a conversation grows, so you almost never need to restart. **Stay in the same conversation.** Keep building, planning, and reviewing in one place; `orient` re-grounds you whenever you need it.

The **only** trigger for suggesting a fresh conversation is a real context signal:
- Your host tells you it just compacted, or you notice earlier messages have dropped.
- You're near the context/window limit, or a verified context-usage reading is high.

Below that, say nothing about restarting. Do NOT suggest a fresh conversation because of the task type (a design session, a strategy review, "starting the next cycle"), the number of tasks built, elapsed time, or a sense that "we've done a lot" — none of those are context signals. A fresh conversation costs a full re-orient; only pay it when context pressure is actually there.

## Advanced Patterns

- **Cross-project awareness:** If running multiple PAPI projects, learnings transfer across them via shared patterns and the doc registry.
- **Dogfood friction:** When something feels painful in the workflow, note it — the `idea` tool turns friction into improvements.
- **Deferred tasks are intentional:** Tasks moved to Deferred aren't forgotten — they're parked for the right time.
- **Carry-forward items:** Each plan notes carry-forward from the previous cycle. Check them before planning.