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Context is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Local-first documentation for AI agents. Offline, instant, private doc retrieval. It has 420 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @neuledge/context.

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Install Context

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@neuledge/context"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio context -- npx -y @neuledge/context

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@neuledge/context"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "context": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@neuledge/context"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Context

Local-first documentation for AI agents. Offline, instant, private doc retrieval. Local-first documentation for AI agents

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What is Context?

Context is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Local-first documentation for AI agents. Offline, instant, private doc retrieval. It has 420 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @neuledge/context. The source code is at github.com/neuledge/context.

How do I install the Context MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @neuledge/context to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Context free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Context actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 5, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.