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# modus context compose

> Compose the org-level context Modus would retrieve for a message, without running a chat turn.

Compose the org-level context Modus would retrieve for a message, without running a chat turn.

## Usage

```bash theme={null}
modus context compose [flags]
```

## Arguments

| Name      |          | Description                                |
| --------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `message` | required | Message to compose context for (quote it). |

## Flags

| Flag      | Type   | Description                  |
| --------- | ------ | ---------------------------- |
| `--limit` | string | Max context items to return. |

Global: `--pretty` — human-readable table output instead of compact JSON.

See [CLI quickstart](/guides/cli) for install and auth.