> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trynito.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Context and Mode

> Control what your Nito calls share (prompt-only by default), and check how the current conversation is routed.

## Context

By default, Nito receives **only the prompt you type**. `context` lets you opt into sending more, and check what the current setting is.

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* **`on`** lets future `ask` calls include a short, harness-generated **summary** of the relevant task or conversation. It is a generated summary, not a verbatim transcript.
* **`off`** returns to prompt-only.
* **`status`** reports the current preference.

### What Is and Is Not Sent

* **By default:** only your prompt.
* **With context on:** your prompt plus a short generated summary, for `ask` only. It does not affect Fusion, and it never changes your harness's active model.
* A per-call `--history` or `--no-history` on `ask` **overrides** this preference for that call.

### Why It Is Best-Effort

The preference lives in your visible conversation state, so it is **not durable**. It can reset after things like a restart, sign-out, a new conversation, or a context compaction. Treat it as a per-conversation convenience, not a persistent account setting, and confirm it with `context status` when it matters.

## Mode

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    /nito:mode
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    ```text theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"},"languages":{"custom":["typescript","python","curl"]}}
    $nito:mode
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`mode` reports how the current conversation is routed. By default your conversation is in **explicit-ask mode**: your harness stays primary and only reaches Nito when you run a Nito command. Fully Nito-routed work happens in a separate process you start with [`session`](/commands/session); entering or leaving that cannot switch your current conversation or move hidden state into it.