contextpulse-mcp
Stores full run history, token usage, and alerts in a PostgreSQL database.
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Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
contextpulse-mcp
Real-time context budget tracking for any AI coding agent.
Plug into Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible tool and get:
📊 Live token budget bar per agent run
🔁 Loop detection (when an agent calls the same tool 3× in a row)
⚠️ Warning / critical alerts before context overflow
🗄️ Full run history stored in PostgreSQL
📈 Budget timeline for every run
No cloud. No telemetry. Runs entirely on your machine.
How it works
ContextPulse is a transparent MCP server. You call its tracking tools from
your agent's workflow. It counts tokens using tiktoken, updates a live budget
in memory, persists everything to PostgreSQL, and fires alerts when thresholds
are crossed.
Your agent → calls cp_track_tool_call → ContextPulse counts tokens
→ updates live budget
→ warns at 70% / 90%
→ detects loops
→ saves to DBRelated MCP server: agent-memory
Quick start
1. Start PostgreSQL
# macOS with Homebrew
brew services start postgresql@16
# or via Docker
docker run -d --name contextpulse-db \
-e POSTGRES_DB=contextpulse \
-p 5432:5432 postgres:162. Add to Claude Code (~/.claude/settings.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"contextpulse": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "contextpulse-mcp"],
"env": {
"DATABASE_URL": "postgresql://apple@localhost:5432/contextpulse"
}
}
}
}3. Add to Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"contextpulse": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "contextpulse-mcp"],
"env": {
"DATABASE_URL": "postgresql://localhost:5432/contextpulse"
}
}
}
}The DB schema is created automatically on first run.
Usage in your agent
1. cp_start_session → get sessionId
2. cp_start_run → get runId
3. cp_track_tool_call → after every tool call (pass tool name, args, output)
4. cp_get_budget → check current budget at any time
5. cp_get_run_summary → full run summary with timeline
6. cp_end_run → clean upExample response from cp_track_tool_call
{
"toolCallId": "a1b2c3...",
"inputTokens": 142,
"outputTokens": 87,
"totalTokens": 229,
"budget": {
"used": 14820,
"limit": 200000,
"percentUsed": 7.41
},
"budgetStatus": "ok",
"alert": null
}When budget hits 70%:
{
"budgetStatus": "warning",
"alert": "warning"
}Environment variables
Variable | Default | Description |
|
| PostgreSQL connection string |
|
| Token limit per session |
|
| Warning alert threshold (%) |
|
| Critical alert threshold (%) |
|
| Same tool calls before loop alert |
|
| Model label for records |
What gets stored
cp_sessions -- one row per coding session
cp_runs -- one row per agent task
cp_tool_calls -- every intercepted tool call
cp_budget_snapshots -- token usage timeline per run
cp_alerts -- warnings, criticals, loop detectionsRoadmap
Phase 2: Next.js real-time dashboard with WebSocket stream
Phase 3: Loop detection graph + BullMQ alert jobs
Phase 4: Run diff engine — compare two agent runs side by side
License
MIT
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