bab-app/docs/context/processing-protocol.md

Document Processing Protocol

Use this whenever you need to process multiple documents or large files.

For 1-3 Short Documents (< 2K words each)

Read sequentially. After each document, write a Source Document Summary (Template 1 from templates/claude-templates.md) to disk. Then proceed with work using summaries only.

For 4+ Documents OR Any Document > 2K Words

Step 1: List all documents with file sizes. Present to user for prioritization.

Step 2: Process each document individually:

• Read one document
• Extract into Source Document Summary format
• Write to ./docs/summaries/source-[filename].md
• Release the document from active consideration before reading the next

Step 3: After all documents are processed, read only the summaries to form your working context.

Step 4: Cross-reference summaries for contradictions or dependencies. Note these explicitly.

Step 5: Proceed with the actual task using summaries as your reference.