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/ctx-search

Search context-mode's persistent FTS5 knowledge base for previously indexed local project content, documentation, or session memory. Trigger: /context-mode:ctx-search

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$ npx -y skills add mksglu/claude-context-mode --skill ctx-search --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/ctx-search

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Search context-mode's persistent FTS5 knowledge base for previously indexed local project content, documentation, or session memory. Trigger: /context-mode:ctx-search

SKILL.md

ctx-search.SKILL.md
name: ctx-search
description: |
  Search context-mode's persistent FTS5 knowledge base for previously indexed
  local project content, documentation, or session memory.
  Trigger: /context-mode:ctx-search
user-invocable: true

Context Mode Search

Search indexed content without rereading raw sources into conversation context.

Instructions

1. Prefer the `ctx_search` MCP tool when it is available. 2. Batch all related questions in one `queries` array. 3. Scope with `source` when the user names a project or indexed label. 4. Use short, specific queries of two to four technical terms.

ctx_search({
  source: "project:<name>",
  queries: ["authentication middleware", "token refresh"],
  limit: 5
})

5. If MCP tools are unavailable, fall back to the CLI:

context-mode search "authentication middleware" --source project:<name> --limit 5

6. If the index is empty, tell the user to run `/context-mode:ctx-index` or `context-mode index <path>` first.

Ships withcontext-mode

The other half of the context problem. Used across teams at

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