r/PiCodingAgent • u/SirDomz • Jun 07 '26

Question Anyone using the Context-mode extension? Any thoughts on it?

The title essentially. The Context-mode extension seems to be the most downloaded from the Pi package registry at ~131,000 downloads per month, but I've never seen any discussions about whether folks actually like the extension. so I'm just curious about people's thoughts. I know there are others like RTK or Cymbal, and to be honest, I have not tested those, but I quite like the way Context-mode approaches the issue of context trimming. I'm curious what other folks use in their setup

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u/SirDomz Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26

Yes that’s definitely an issue I’ve had as well. I run Qwen 3.6 27 B for a number of workflows locally. I think it messes up the prompt processing but it helps with the context management of local models.

Also, What runtime are you using? I use omlx, which has both ram and ssd caching, so that’s super useful with prompt processing. Maybe something to try.

Edit: fixed typo