[FEATURE] /context -m flag to show only the minimal visual summary without MCP, plugins and skills details

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jan 20, 2026 by tm42 Closed Jan 20, 2026

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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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