context-cli 0.1.0

CLI for building, resolving, and inspecting context caches
context-cli-0.1.0 is not a library.

context-cli

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Command-line interface for the Context platform.

context-cli is the simplest way to build, inspect, and query Context caches locally or in CI. It is deterministic, scriptable, and designed for automation.

Commands

Command Description
build Build a context cache from .md source documents
resolve Resolve context for a query against a built cache
inspect Inspect cache metadata and validity

Usage

Build a cache

context build --sources ./docs --cache ./my-cache

Reads all .md files recursively from --sources and produces a deterministic cache directory at --cache. Use --force to overwrite an existing cache.

Resolve context

context resolve --cache ./my-cache --query "deployment" --budget 4000

Outputs a JSON selection result to stdout. The output is byte-identical across runs for the same cache, query, and budget.

Inspect a cache

context inspect --cache ./my-cache

Outputs cache metadata as JSON:

{
  "cache_version": "sha256:...",
  "document_count": 3,
  "total_bytes": 955,
  "valid": true
}

Output

  • resolve and inspect write JSON to stdout
  • Diagnostic messages go to stderr
  • All output is deterministic

Exit codes

Code Meaning MCP Error Code
0 Success
1 Usage error (bad arguments)
2 Invalid query invalid_query
3 Invalid budget invalid_budget
4 Cache missing cache_missing
5 Cache invalid cache_invalid
6 I/O error io_error
7 Internal error internal_error

Build

make build     # debug build
make test      # run all tests
make check     # cargo check + clippy
make release   # optimized build, binary copied to dist/
make clean     # remove artifacts

The release binary is named context and placed in dist/.

Spec references

See spec_refs.md for links to the governing specifications.


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