ContextLayer MCP Server

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ContextLayer is answering right now. Last checked 10 min ago. It exposes 62 tools.

Intelligent context infrastructure for AI teams: knowledge graph, sessions, tasks, documents.

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 47 days of history

47 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

198 ms

Response time

average over 24h

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Access

streamable-http

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Quiet is not dead — but it is worth knowing when it wakes up, or when someone else takes it over. We watch the repository and tell you either way.

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 10 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add context-layer --transport http https://api.dotnova.io/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context-layer": {
      "url": "https://api.dotnova.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.context-layer]
url = "https://api.dotnova.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context-layer": {
      "url": "https://api.dotnova.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context-layer": {
      "url": "https://api.dotnova.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 62

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

project

create_project

Create a new project in your organization. You will be added as the project owner.

delete_project

Delete a project permanently (admin only). Find by name or ID.

get_project_status

Get the current status of a project including recent activity. You can use either the project name or ID.

list_project_members

List all members involved in a project. Includes users who have sessions in the project and users from teams linked to the project.

list_project_teams

List teams linked to a project.

update_project

Update a project's name, description, or links. Find by name or ID.

team

add_team_member

Add a member to a team. Find the team by name or ID, and the user by name or email.

create_team

Create a new team in your organization. You will be added as team lead.

delete_team

Delete a team permanently (admin only). Find by name or ID.

get_team_details

Get detailed information about a team: members (with roles), linked projects, and recent activity. Use team name or ID.

remove_team_member

Remove a member from a team. Find the team by name or ID, and the user by name or email.

update_team

Update a team's name, description, or objectives. Find by name or ID.

task

add_task_dependency

Add a dependency between tasks. Use this to express that a task is blocked by another task (must complete first) or relates to it. This prevents context contamination: when Task B depends on Task A, agents working on Task B will be warned if Task A is still in progress.

create_task

Create a new task in a project. Tasks track work items and can be assigned to team members and linked to sessions.

delete_task

Delete a task permanently. The task and all its assignee links are removed.

remove_task_dependency

Remove a dependency between tasks. This unblocks the task from the other task.

update_task

Update a task's status, title, description, priority, or team assignment. Use this to move tasks through the workflow (todo -> in_progress -> done) or reassign to a team.

context

get_context

Get intelligent context from the knowledge graph. Pass a query describing what you need — the system will automatically route to the right data sources (tasks, sessions, documents, teams, blocks) based on intent analysis + graph traversal + semantic similarity. Optionally narrow scope with project name or session ID.

get_context_routing

Get the current context routing mode for the organization. Returns 'keyword_llm', 'keyword_only', or 'llm_only'.

set_context_routing

Set the context routing mode for the organization. Requires admin role. Options: 'keyword_llm' (balanced), 'keyword_only' (fastest), 'llm_only' (most accurate).

log

log_activity

Log an activity or event. If no session_id is provided, a session is automatically created or reused for the project. Just pass project_name and content — no need to start a session first.

log_trace

Log a granular agent action trace. High-frequency, no LLM processing.

log_traces_batch

Log multiple traces in a single batch.

position

create_position

Create a new job position/title in your organization (admin only).

delete_position

Delete a position permanently (admin only). Find by title or ID.

update_position

Update a position's title, description, or permissions (admin only). Find by title or ID.

user

delete_user

Delete (soft-delete) a user from your organization (admin/owner only).

remove_user_from_org

Remove a user from the current organization without deleting their account. Admin/owner only.

update_user

Update an existing user's name, role, positions, or skills (admin/owner only).

document

delete_document

Delete a document from the knowledge base. This permanently removes the document.

get_document

Get the full content of a document by its ID. Use find_documents first to search, then get_document to read the content. For binary documents (PDFs, images), content is returned base64-encoded with encoding='base64' and the mime_type field.

link

link_task_session

Link a work session to a task. This records that the session was used to work on the task, connecting them in the knowledge graph.

link_team_project

Link a project to a team. Find both by name or ID.

org

get_org_stats

Get comprehensive organization statistics: counts, engagement metrics, task velocity.

update_org

Update your organization's details (owner only). Set name, description, business model, objectives, custom context for AI, or links.

accept_org_invite

Accept a pending organization invite by organization name.

assign

assign_task

Assign a user to a task by name or email. The user is added to the task's assignees and linked in the knowledge graph.

colleagues

list_colleagues

List colleagues in your organization. Shows name, email, role, and optionally filters by team. Admins see all users; members see users in their own teams.

documents

find_documents

Search documents in the organization's knowledge base. Filter by category, tags, project, or free-text query. Returns document metadata — use get_document to read the full content.

end

end_session

End a work session. This triggers context block generation — your activities are summarized and stored in the knowledge graph for future reference.

entities

search_entities

Search entities in the knowledge graph by name. Finds people, companies, documents, concepts, tools, etc. that have been mentioned in your activities.

invite

invite_user

Invite a new member to your organization (admin/owner only).

live

get_live_activity

See what's happening right now: active sessions, recent events, traces, and tasks being worked on.

mark

mark_notification_read

Mark a notification as read, or mark all notifications as read at once.

move

move_task_to_sprint

Move a task to a different sprint. Specify the target sprint by number or ID.

notifications

list_notifications

List your notifications — task assignments, status changes, sprint updates, invites, and more. Returns unread notifications by default.

pending

list_pending_invites

List pending organization invites for the current user.

positions

list_positions

List all job positions/titles in your organization with member counts.

projects

list_projects

List projects in your organization. No parameters needed — just call it to see all your projects.

session

get_session_details

Get full details of a session including all events/activities logged during it. Shows who did what, when, and the session block summary if available. Admins can view any session in the org; members can only view their own.

sessions

list_sessions

List your recent work sessions. Optionally filter by project name or ID. Shows task type, status, and event count.

setup

setup_organization

Set up your organization in one step (admin only). Use this for onboarding.

sprint

create_sprint

Create a new sprint for a project. Automatically migrates non-completed tasks (todo/in_progress) from the previous sprint. On first use, creates Sprint 0 (Backlog) for existing tasks and Sprint 1 as the active sprint.

sprints

list_sprints

List sprints for a project. Shows sprint number, name, goal, status (current/completed), and task count.

start

start_session

Start a work session. If a project is provided (project_name or project_id), the session is bound to it; if neither is provided, an unbound (projectless) session is created — useful when the work isn't tied to a specific project. Reuses an existing active session for the same scope (per-project, or one global projectless session per user). Task type: coding, review, planning, debugging, research, meeting, other.

stats

get_my_stats

Get your personal activity statistics: total sessions, events, active days, projects worked on, and recent activity summary.

tasks

list_tasks

List tasks. Filter by project, status (todo/in_progress/done/cancelled), sprint number, or show only your tasks. Shows title, status, priority, assignees, sprint, and linked sessions.

teams

list_teams

List all teams in your organization. Shows team name, member count, project count, and description.

unassign

unassign_task

Remove a user from a task's assignees.

unlink

unlink_team_project

Unlink a project from a team. Find both by name or ID.

upload

upload_document

Upload a document to the organization's knowledge base. Documents can be templates, policies, contracts, procedures, guides, or references. They are indexed in the knowledge graph and automatically surfaced as context when relevant to a task. Supports both text and binary files: for binary files (PDFs, images, etc.), set is_base64=true and provide the content as a base64-encoded string, along with the appropriate mime_type (e.g. 'application/pdf', 'image/png'). Optionally set file_name for the original filename. Embeddings are generated automatically for search.

whoami

whoami

Get your profile, organization, projects, recent sessions, and top entities. This is the best starting point — call this first to understand what's available. No parameters needed.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://api.dotnova.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	174 ms	10 min ago

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ContextLayer — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can ContextLayer do?

It exposes 62 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: accept_org_invite, add_task_dependency, add_team_member, assign_task, create_position, create_project and 56 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

What is ContextLayer mostly used for?

Its tools cluster around team, project and task. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.

Is ContextLayer working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 198 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

Is ContextLayer still maintained?

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.

How do I connect ContextLayer?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does ContextLayer need an API key?

No. ContextLayer completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 62 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is ContextLayer?

It answers our handshake in 198 ms on average, which is faster than 67% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.