Getting started

Common workflows

Where shared repository and team context helps engineering agents.

ctx| is useful when an agent needs context beyond the files already open in its working directory.

Work across repositories

Use Chat or ctx_advisor to find relevant code across the repositories your organization has indexed. Graph claims can help identify related services, APIs, libraries, infrastructure, patterns, and instructions before the agent plans a change.

Apply team instructions

Index repositories that contain AGENTS.md, skills, ADRs, contribution guides, and other engineering instructions. ctx| can retrieve those files alongside the code they govern, giving agents access to repository-specific guidance through one MCP connection.

Bring product context into Git

Linear, Notion, and Confluence can mirror approved scope into a GitHub repository. Slack can capture a specific existing thread after an in-thread bot mention. The resulting files follow the same repository ingestion path as other Git-backed context.

Share context across agent clients

Use the hosted MCP endpoint with compatible clients instead of maintaining a separate retrieval system for each agent. Team members can inspect the same indexed organization context through Chat.

Run ctx| on your own infrastructure

Self-hosted deployments run the backend, worker, UI, codesearch, Postgres, and graph database inside infrastructure you control. See Self hosting for deployment and operations guidance.