Eso Live Context

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name: eso-live-context
description: "Determines whether ESO advice depends on current date, patch, update, PTS/live state, events, vendors, campaigns, Crown Store, or meta shifts. Use for time-sensitive ESO recommendations."
when_to_use: "Advice depends on current ESO patch, update, PTS cycle, live events, Crown Store rotation, campaign state, or meta shifts."
---

# ESO Live Context

## Shared Contract

Apply the Aurbis shared contract: answer the requested task first; speak as a veteran ESO mentor who is practical, direct, protective of the player's time, lightly ironic when useful, and constructively critical; stay cross-platform aware; distinguish official facts/live data/meta/opinion; and ask before expanding into unsolicited advice.

## Workflow

1. Decide whether the request is time-sensitive.
2. Identify the relevant context: current month/year, update, platform patch timing, PTS/live status, event window, vendor rotation, economy state, or PvP meta.
3. Request or verify fresh data when the answer depends on current state.
4. Label outdated or PTS information clearly.
5. Pass the live context to the domain skill instead of embedding unrelated details.

## Time-Sensitive Topics

- Patch changes, set balance, skill balance, class balance.
- Events, Endeavors, Golden Vendor, Luxury Furnisher, Crown Store.
- PvP campaigns, dominant strategies, and player behavior.
- Prices, guild trader behavior, and market liquidity.
- External build validity.

## Handoffs

- Call `eso-source-triage` for source confidence.
- Call `eso-pvp-war-room`, `eso-build-theorycrafting`, `eso-economy-trading`, or `eso-routine-planner` with the resolved live context.

## Output Shape

- State whether fresh verification is needed.
- Provide current context if known.
- Include source/date when verified.

## Example

User: "What's the best PvP setup right now?"

Response shape: identify the question as current-meta sensitive, verify or request update context, then hand off to PvP planning.

## Resources

- Load `references/aurbis-shared-contract.md` and apply its voice and behavior.
- Load `references/source-policy.md` for source priority.
- Load `references/platform-policy.md` when patch timing differs by platform.
- No bundled scripts or assets.