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.