[FEATURE] /context -m flag to show only the minimal visual summary without MCP, plugins and skills details
Preflight Checklist
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Problem Statement
When running /context, the output includes both the visual matrix/percentage breakdown at the top AND all MCP server context details below. For quick context checks, the MCP dump is often not needed and adds noise.
For me current output makes the /context an awful experience, preventing me from using it
Proposed Solution
Add a flag like /context -m or /context -s that shows only the visual representation (the colored grid with percentage breakdown) without the detailed MCP context information, i.e. just this:
Context Usage
⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ claude-opus-4-5-20251101 · 46k/200k tokens (23%)
⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛀ ⛁ System prompt: 2.9k tokens (1.4%)
⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛁ System tools: 19.9k tokens (9.9%)
⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛁ MCP tools: 14.4k tokens (7.2%)
⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛁ Custom agents: 2.6k tokens (1.3%)
⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛁ Memory files: 176 tokens (0.1%)
⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛁ Skills: 3.6k tokens (1.8%)
⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛁ Messages: 1.9k tokens (1.0%)
⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛶ Free space: 109k (54.7%)
⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ Autocompact buffer: 45.0k tokens (22.5%)
Alternative Solutions
i've got cc to output the context load % into the statusline, this works okay, but provides far less information (unless i want to clutter my statusline a lot)
Priority
Low - Nice to have
Feature Category
CLI commands and flags
Use Case Example
Quick glance at context usage during a session to get the distribution of context usage, without getting a few screens of pointless mcp/plugins/skills token # usage
Additional Context
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