Separate cognitive work from mechanical API execution to reduce
skill-related token consumption by ~76-83% during sprint workflows.
Changes:
- Add batch-execution.md skill with 4-phase protocol
- Promote mcp-tools-reference and batch-execution to frontmatter
for planner and orchestrator agents (auto-injected, zero re-read)
- Replace "Skills to Load" with phase-based "Skill Loading Protocol"
- Restructure planning-workflow.md Steps 8-10 for batch execution
- Update agent matrix in CLAUDE.md and docs/CONFIGURATION.md
- Add Phase-Based Skill Loading documentation section
- Clean up .gitignore (transient files, dev symlinks)
Token impact:
- 6-issue sprint planning: ~76% reduction
- 10-issue sprint planning: ~80% reduction
- 8-issue status updates: ~83% reduction
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
