{"slug": "forgein-portable-context-layer-for-ai-tools-native-mcp-server-mit-cli", "title": "Forgein – portable context layer for AI tools, native MCP server (MIT CLI)", "summary": "Forgein launches a portable context layer for AI tools, featuring a native MCP server and MIT-licensed CLI, that automatically injects user-defined context (e.g., codebase conventions, team standards) across Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini, eliminating the need to repeat setup in every session or on new machines.", "body_md": "F forgeinC Claude Code Live G ChatGPT Live ⌥ GitHub Copilot Live ◈ Gemini Live\n\nLive now\n\n| AI Context Layer Stopexplaining yourself to any AI. You've taught your AI your stack, your team's conventions, how you think. You shouldn't have to do it again — on any machine, in any session.\n\ninstall forgein\n\n`curl -fsSL app.forgein.ai/cli/install | bash`\n\ncopy\n\nMIT CLI · Free forever\n\nnew AI session\n\nMonday\n\nS\n\nI work on a Next.js 15 app. We use Drizzle ORM, never use // TODO comments...\n\nWednesday AGAIN?\n\nS\n\nI work on a Next.js 15 app. We use Drizzle ORM, never use // TODO comments... [same block]\n\nFriday · New Machine REALLY??\n\nS\n\nI work on a Next.js 15 app. We use Drizzle ORM, never use // TODO comments... [same block, again]\n\nTimes you've typed this this month alone\n\n1\n\n▸ forgein eliminates this\n\nWhat's actually costing you\n\nYou're doing AI's job for it. Every single day. This isn't a Claude problem. This isn't a ChatGPT problem. It's a universal problem — every AI, every machine, every restart.\n\nS\n\nI work on a Next.js 15 monorepo. We use Drizzle ORM, TypeScript strict, pnpm workspaces. Never use `any`... [287 chars]\n\nAI\n\nGot it — I know your stack. How can I help?\n\n1 of 3\n\n🔁\n\nRepeating yourself\n\nSame context block, different session. AI resets every time. You don't.\n\n› auto-injected at session start\n\n🖥\n\nStarting over on new machines\n\nSwitch machines and your AI goes cold. Rebuild from scratch on a deadline.\n\n› one command pulls your full context\n\n⌨️\n\nTyping too much\n\nThree paragraphs of setup before you can ask a single question.\n\n› zero setup per session — context loads itself\n\n📚\n\nReading walls of output\n\nAI writes 700 words. You needed 3 sentences. You scroll anyway.\n\n› skills compress outputs to what you need\n\n🗂\n\nManaging your own memory\n\n12 open tabs. Which one had the architecture decision? You're the filing system.\n\n› context lives in organized files, not chat history\n\nOrganized for your life\n\nAI that knows which version of you it's talking to. Work self, home self, family self — organized, auto-loaded, never bleeding into each other. Across every AI tool you use.\n\n💼 Work 🏠 Home 👨👩👧 Family\n\n📁 Team Shared\n\n📄 codebase-conventions.mdshared\n\n📄 review-standards.mdshared\n\n📁 Personal\n\n📄 my-architecture-notes.md\n\n📄 tools-i-use.md\n\n💼\n\nWork context\n\nYour codebase, team conventions, sprint context. Loads in work projects.\n\n› Team Shared files sync to every teammate's AI automatically\n\n› Loads when you open a repo, not when you remember to paste it\n\n› Machine-agnostic: same Work context on any device\n\nFree plan 4 files loaded\n\nWork context auto-loaded\n\nteam-shared (2) · personal (2) · 0 pastes required\n\n/forgein ctx work · /forgein ctx home · /forgein ctx family\n\n💼\n\nWork — loads at the office, in your work projects\n\nCodebase conventions, team preferences, sprint context. Team Shared files sync to every teammate's AI automatically.\n\n🏠\n\nHome — side projects, learning, personal goals\n\nEvening project context loads when you're off the clock. Work context steps aside. Nothing bleeds between them.\n\n👨👩👧\n\nFamily — kids, household, personal life\n\nSoccer schedules, homework context, home projects — AI knows your family life when you need it to. Always private.\n\nThe before and after\n\nWhat forgein eliminates. Not a feature list. A list of things you won't do anymore — regardless of which AI tool you're using.\n\n✕ Without forgein ✓ With forgein Paste a context block every time you open a new session Context loads automatically — every session starts warm Switch machines and spend an hour rebuilding your AI setup One command, AI picks up exactly where you left off Switch from Claude to ChatGPT and re-explain who you are Same context, any AI — Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini New teammate's AI has no idea how your team works They inherit your team's context from day one Evening side project context leaks into your work session Work context at work, home context at home — automatically Come back after a month and re-orient the AI from scratch Your context was preserved — AI knows the project state\n\nTool-agnostic context layer\n\nSwitch AI freely. Your context stays. Claude today. ChatGPT tomorrow. Copilot next sprint. forgein keeps your context current in all of them — same organized memory, same warm start.\n\nforgein context layer One source → every AI tool\n\nforgein\n\ncontext layer\n\nWork/ · Home/ · Family/ Team Shared · Personal\n\nCanonical .md format | Tool-specific adapters | MCP-compatible by design\n\nAny MCP-compatible tool gets native forgein context support — Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, and beyond.\n\nFor teams\n\nNew hire. Day one. Their AI already knows how you work. Team Shared files propagate automatically. No onboarding sessions. No \"let me explain our conventions to your AI.\"\n\nS\n\nSudhir (lead)\n\nadds to Team Shared\n\n+ sprint-context.md updated\n\n📄 sprint-context.md\n\nShipping v2.1 July 18. Auth refactor in progress — do not touch apps/api/auth/* until PR merges. Migrations frozen.\n\nTeam Shared · auto-syncs\n\n📄 codebase-conventions.md\n\nNext.js 15 · Drizzle ORM · pnpm workspaces · TypeScript strict\n\nTeam Shared · permanent\n\nA\n\nArjun (backend)\n\nWaiting for sync…\n\npending\n\nM\n\nMaya (fullstack)\n\nWaiting for sync…\n\npending\n\nR\n\nRaj (new hire · day 1)\n\nFirst session…\n\nnew hire\n\nIDE adapters\n\nCursor and Windsurf — now live\n\nGenerate `.cursorrules`\n\nand `.windsurfrules`\n\ndirectly from your forgein context. No script required — open Contexts in the dashboard, click the adapter button, paste the output into your repo root.\n\nAvailable now\n\nAvailable now\n\nforgein Pro. Your context, everywhere. Local memory management is free forever. Pro is for people who want their context working across every machine, every AI tool, and their whole team.\n\n› Cross-machine sync — unlimited projects and devices› Work / Home / Family context switching› Private skill registry — skills only you can see› Org creation + team invites› Team memory sharing — per file, per folder› ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini sync when liveStart free. Upgrade when ready.\n\nFree plan gets you local context management. Pro is $4.99/month — less than the time you spend re-explaining context in a week.\n\nGet started free → Free plan available. 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