Every MCP tool call dumps raw data into your context window. A Playwright snapshot costs 56 KB. Twenty GitHub issues cost 59 KB. One access log — 45 KB. After 30 minutes, 40% of your context is…
Context Mode is an MCP project maintained in the mksglu/context-mode repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Every MCP tool call dumps raw data into your context window. A Playwright snapshot costs 56 KB. Twenty GitHub issues cost 59 KB. One access…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The project provides a local client configuration using context-mode. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| ctx_batch_execute | Run multiple commands + search multiple queries in ONE call. Opt-in concurrency: 1-8 for I/O-bound batches. |
| ctx_execute | Run code in 12 languages. Only stdout enters context. |
| ctx_execute_file | Process files in sandbox. Raw content never leaves. |
| ctx_index | Chunk markdown into FTS5 with BM25 ranking. |
| ctx_search | Query indexed content with multiple queries in one call. |
| ctx_fetch_and_index | Fetch URL, chunk and index. Cache reuses content within TTL (default 24h, override per-call with ttl: ). ttl: 0 or force: true to bypass. Pass requests: [{url, |
| ctx_stats | Show context savings, call counts, and session statistics. |
| ctx_doctor | Diagnose installation: runtimes, hooks, FTS5, versions. |
| ctx_upgrade | Upgrade to latest version from GitHub, rebuild, reconfigure hooks. |
| ctx_purge | Permanently deletes all indexed content from the knowledge base. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"context-mode": {
"command": "context-mode"
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
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