Context Lifecycle
Understanding the complete lifecycle for managing agent context as software
Providing context to your agents is useful, but it's not enough. Context needs to be treated like code: created, tested, evaluated, distributed, and kept up to date as systems change.
Tessl is an Agent enablement platform that provides a complete lifecycle for agent context.
The lifecycle stages
Use
Install context from the registry or within your team.
Browse the Tessl Registry, or ask your agent to search Tessl for public skills, documentation, and rules
Search for context specific to your tech stack and workflows
Install trusted, evaluated context with version control
Access private workspace context shared across your team
Why it matters: Start with quality context instead of writing everything from scratch.
See: Make your agents smarter with documentation and Enhance your workflow with skills
Create
Build skills, documentation, and rules that teach agents how to work with your systems.
Write skills that encode step-by-step workflows and procedures
Create documentation for internal APIs and proprietary libraries
Define rules for coding standards, security policies, and team conventions
Develop locally and iterate quickly
Why it matters: Capture your team's knowledge and best practices as reusable context.
See: Creating skills, Creating documentation, Creating tiles
Evaluate
Test that context actually improves agent behavior with measurable quality scores.
Lint and review skills for structure and completeness
Run evaluations to measure agent accuracy improvements
View quality scores before deploying to your team
Identify what needs improvement with detailed validation results
Why it matters: Know that your context works before rolling it out. Prevent regressions as systems change.
See: Evaluating skills, Evaluating documentation
Distribute
Roll out context across repositories, teams, and agents automatically.
Publish to the Tessl Registry for team or public access
Distribute across multiple repositories with GitHub/GitLab integration
Keep context version-matched to your code and dependencies
Update once, deploy everywhere
Why it matters: Enforce context automatically across agents and repos. No manual copying or syncing.
See: Distributing via registry, Rollout to your repositories
Why the lifecycle matters
Without a lifecycle, agent context becomes stale, untested, and inconsistent. Teams end up:
Copying prompts between projects and hoping they stay current
Maintaining duplicate guidance in multiple places
Not knowing if context actually improves agent behavior
Manually syncing updates across teams and tools
Tessl treats agent context as managed software with the same rigor you apply to your codebase. Context is versioned, evaluated, distributed, and kept up to date automatically.
Getting started
Use existing context: Install skills and documentation from the Tessl Registry
Create your own: Build custom skills and rules for your team's workflows
Evaluate quality: Test locally and review scores before deploying
Distribute: Roll out to your repositories and team automatically
See the Quick start guide to begin.
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