context-engine

Name: context-engine
Author: context-engine-ai

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README.md

1	<p align="center">
2	<img src="static/logo.svg" width="80" alt="Context Engine" />
3	</p>
4
5	<h1 align="center">Context Engine</h1>
6
7	<p align="center">
8	<strong>Semantic code search, memory, and symbol intelligence for AI coding assistants.</strong>
9	</p>
10
11	<p align="center">
12	<a href="https://context-engine.ai">Website</a> · <a href="https://context-engine.ai">Get Started</a> · <a href="LICENSE">License</a>
13	</p>
14
15	---
16
17	## A Note to Our Community
18
19	We owe you an honest explanation.
20
21	Context Engine was originally open source. We built it in the open because we believed in the community and wanted developers everywhere to benefit from better code search.
22
23	Unfortunately, we've seen our work consistently monetized and cloned by others without attribution — entire products built on top of our code and sold commercially. After careful consideration, we've made the difficult decision to remove the source code from this repository.
24
25	We're sorry. We know this is frustrating, especially for those who contributed, starred, or relied on the public codebase. This wasn't the outcome we wanted, and we take full responsibility for not protecting the project sooner.
26
27	What's still here:
28	- AI agent skills for all major coding assistants (see below)
29	- The Context Engine marketing site ([context-engine.ai](https://context-engine.ai))
30	- License, legal notices, and attribution files
31
32	What's available through the platform:
33	- Full hosted service at [context-engine.ai](https://context-engine.ai)
34	- VS Code extension on the marketplace
35	- `ctx-mcp-bridge` on npm
36
37	We remain committed to building the best code intelligence tools for developers. If you have questions, reach out at john@context-engine.ai.
38
39	---
40
41	## Install Skills
42
43	Context Engine ships AI agent skills that teach your coding assistant how to use 30+ MCP tools for semantic search, symbol graph navigation, memory, and more.
44
45	### Claude Code / Claude Desktop
46
47	The skill is auto-loaded when you connect Context Engine as an MCP server. No manual installation needed.
48
49	If you want to add the rules file manually:
50
51	```bash
52	# Copy the skill to your project
53	cp -r skills/context-engine/ your-project/.claude/
54
55	# Or reference GEMINI.md / .cursorrules directly — they contain the same rules
56	```
57
58	### Cursor
59
60	Context Engine rules are included in `.cursorrules` at the root of your workspace. Cursor picks this up automatically when the file is present.
61
62	```bash
63	# Copy to your project root
64	cp .cursorrules your-project/.cursorrules
65	```
66
67	### Windsurf / Codex
68
69	```bash
70	# Codex skills
71	cp -r .codex/skills/ your-project/.codex/skills/
72
73	# Or use the generic skill file
74	cp skills/context-engine/SKILL.md your-project/.context-engine-skill.md
75	```
76
77	### Augment Code
78
79	```bash
80	cp -r .augment/ your-project/.augment/
81	```
82
83	### Gemini
84
85	```bash
86	cp GEMINI.md your-project/GEMINI.md
87	```
88
89	### Any Other Assistant
90
91	The core skill file works with any AI assistant that supports custom instructions:
92
93	```bash
94	cp skills/context-engine/SKILL.md your-project/
95	```
96
97	Then tell your assistant: "Read SKILL.md for instructions on using Context Engine MCP tools."
98
99	---
100
101	## What Do the Skills Do?
102
103	The skills teach your AI assistant to:
104
105	- Use `search` as the default tool — auto-routes queries to the best backend (semantic search, Q&A, symbol graph, tests, config)
106	- Navigate code with `symbol_graph` — find callers, callees, definitions, importers, subclasses
107	- Run batch queries — `batch_search`, `batch_symbol_graph`, `batch_graph_query` for 75%+ token savings
108	- Store and recall knowledge — `memory_store` and `memory_find` for persistent context across sessions
109	- Trace cross-repo flows — `cross_repo_search` with boundary tracing for multi-repo codebases
110	- Find structural patterns — `pattern_search` for retry loops, error handling, singletons across languages
111	- Search git history — `search_commits_for` and `change_history_for_path`
112
113	See [`skills/context-engine/SKILL.md`](skills/context-engine/SKILL.md) for the complete too

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