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mksglu / context-mode

context-mode

Free, local plugin that keeps tool output out of your coding agent's context window. Sandbox and SQLite FTS5 search, 99% fewer bytes in context. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Pi, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI and 4 more agents. Zero telemetry.

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0Explicit recommenders
34KGitHub stars
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What it is

Free, local plugin that keeps tool output out of your coding agent's context window. Sandbox and SQLite FTS5 search, 99% fewer bytes in context. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Pi, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI and 4 more agents. Zero telemetry.

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 2:04:58 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by month13 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2026-02-25 06:23:30 UTC to 2026-11-01 11:56:19 UTC.

0123452026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 2 submissions, 3 commentsFeb 20262026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJun 20262026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments. Incomplete calendar period.Nov 2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Feb 20262026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC523
Mar 20262026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Apr 20262026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC404
May 20262026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Jun 20262026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20262026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20262026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20262026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20262026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 2026 (partial)2026-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-12-01 00:00:00 UTC110

What Hacker News says

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I've setup one on Hetzner. I got it a dedicated email account (via agentmail.to). Installed couple of skills, last30days and context-mode being the most useful so far (https://github.com/mvanhorn/last30days-skill and https://github.com/mksglu/context-mode). The biggest unlock was wiring it up to my agency's whatsapp group - it's now basically a multiplayer chatgpt. Not a "personal" assistant, but more of agency's assistant. It can send ad hoc mails to our clients when asked, but also tells jokes when atmosphere is tense. Each day it checks it's own inbox and once a week it sends me a kind of social listening report, but those are kind of workflows easily reproducible elsewhere. I'm actually so bullish on the potential of openclaw kind of software I've built a desktop app for it, stagewhisper.io. It's like a Granola for your OpenClaw. It l
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istens to your system audio, records your screen (all data stays on your computer) and asks your assistant for suggestions or creates a tasks. Example: client asks for referrals during a call, StageWhisper.io picks it up and asks OpenClaw to send email with case studies. It's absurdly fun to use, mainly because the delay between when the task pops up and the work starts is approaching zero.
In Ask HN: Who is using OpenClaw?

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