/context

Visualizes current context usage as a colored grid with optimization suggestions.

Visualizes current context usage as a colored grid with optimization suggestions. Shows hints about context-heavy tools, memory bloat, and capacity warnings. Argument 'all' expands the detailed breakdown.

✅ WHEN TO USE IT?

Check how much context is still free before continuing a long session

/context all for the detailed breakdown

Find the cause of unusually high context usage

/context to identify context-heavy tools or bloated memory

⛔ WHEN NOT TO?

Actually wanting to free up context

/context only displays usage, it doesn't change the context itself

Better: use /compact to summarize the conversation and free up context

SOURCES

Claude Code Doku (offiziell) ↗ code.claude.com