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Stop Claude Code context bloat with Context Mode: a 5 step setup

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Every MCP tool call dumps raw data into your context window. According to the Context Mode README, a Playwright snapshot costs 56 KB, twenty GitHub issues cost 59 KB, and one access log is 45 KB. After about 30 minutes of work, roughly 40% of a Claude Code context can be gone, and when the conversa…

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  1. 2026-10-29 19:00 · DEV Community — AI
    Stop Claude Code context bloat with Context Mode: a 5 step setup

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