excatt/load

Project Context Loading

Triggers

• Session initialization and project context loading requests
• Cross-session persistence and memory retrieval needs
• Project activation and context management requirements
• Session lifecycle management and checkpoint loading scenarios

Usage

/sc:load [target] [--type project|config|deps|checkpoint] [--refresh] [--analyze]

Behavioral Flow

1. Initialize: Establish Serena MCP connection and session context management
2. Discover: Analyze project structure and identify context loading requirements
3. Load: Retrieve project memories, checkpoints, and cross-session persistence data
4. Activate: Establish project context and prepare for development workflow
5. Validate: Ensure loaded context integrity and session readiness

Key behaviors:

• Serena MCP integration for memory management and cross-session persistence
• Project activation with comprehensive context loading and validation
• Performance-critical operation with <500ms initialization target
• Session lifecycle management with checkpoint and memory coordination

MCP Integration

• Serena MCP: Mandatory integration for project activation, memory retrieval, and session management
• Memory Operations: Cross-session persistence, checkpoint loading, and context restoration
• Performance Critical: <200ms for core operations, <1s for checkpoint creation

Tool Coordination

• activate_project: Core project activation and context establishment
• list_memories/read_memory: Memory retrieval and session context loading
• Read/Grep/Glob: Project structure analysis and configuration discovery
• Write: Session context documentation and checkpoint creation

Key Patterns

• Project Activation: Directory analysis → memory retrieval → context establishment
• Session Restoration: Checkpoint loading → context validation → workflow preparation
• Memory Management: Cross-session persistence → context continuity → development efficiency
• Performance Critical: Fast initialization → immediate productivity → session readiness

Examples

Basic Project Loading

/sc:load
# Loads current directory project context with Serena memory integration
# Establishes session context and prepares for development workflow

Specific Project Loading

/sc:load /path/to/project --type project --analyze
# Loads specific project with comprehensive analysis
# Activates project context and retrieves cross-session memories

Checkpoint Restoration

/sc:load --type checkpoint --checkpoint session_123
# Restores specific checkpoint with session context
# Continues previous work session with full context preservation

Dependency Context Loading

/sc:load --type deps --refresh
# Loads dependency context with fresh analysis
# Updates project understanding and dependency mapping

Boundaries

Will:

• Load project context using Serena MCP integration for memory management
• Provide session lifecycle management with cross-session persistence
• Establish project activation with comprehensive context loading

Will Not:

• Modify project structure or configuration without explicit permission
• Load context without proper Serena MCP integration and validation
• Override existing session context without checkpoint preservation