patterns / task-scoped-retrieval
- category:
- D-subgraph
- stage:
- read
- cost:
- low
- kit:
- core
- tools:
- Claude Code, OpenCode
task-scoped-retrieval
What it does
Builds a subgraph containing only the nodes and edges relevant to one worker's specific task, rather than handing that worker the entire graph and trusting it to find what matters (the read-path move from Step 9).
Inputs
- A description of the task a worker is about to run.
- The full graph the subgraph is drawn from.
Outputs
- A bounded subgraph scoped to that one task.
Failure mode if skipped
A worker either drowns in context that has nothing to do with its task, or — just as likely — never sees the single edge its task actually depended on, buried somewhere in everything else it wasn't given a reason to read.
Link to starter kit
Kit: starters/task-scoped-retrieval/README.md
Starter kit
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