# Context Mode

> Elastic-2.0 MCP sandbox for tool output and session continuity

**Category:** AI Agents  
**Pricing:** source-available  
**URL:** https://github.com/mksglu/context-mode  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/mksglu/context-mode  
**Added:** 2026-09-20

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## The Hook

Context Mode keeps noisy MCP and tool output out of the main window by sandboxing it into SQLite/FTS-backed session context an agent can retrieve later.

## What's Good

MCP sandboxes tool output, indexes it with SQLite/FTS, and preserves useful session continuity instead of forcing every command result into the prompt. That is a sharp context-management primitive for agents whose tools produce more data than the model should read inline.

## The Catch

Elastic License 2.0 is source-available, not OSI open-source; do not treat the `open-source` label as MIT/Apache freedom. ELv2 restricts offering the software as a hosted or managed service, so review the license before embedding or commercializing a managed Context Mode deployment. Vs a plain MCP server: this is output/context infrastructure, not another domain tool.

## Verdict

Elastic-2.0 source-available context middleware. Useful SQLite/FTS MCP sandbox; no hosted/managed offering without a careful license review.