# OpenCtx Context Providers

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	Use additional context sources from outside of your codebase by leveraging
	OpenCtx providers.
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	MCP is the recommended method for adding external context in Cody due to its
	broad community adoption and extensive tool support. [Read the
	docs](/cody/capabilities/agentic-context-fetching#mcp-support) to learn more
	about configuring MCP.
</Callout>

[OpenCtx](https://openctx.org/) is an open standard for bringing contextual info about code into your dev tools. OpenCtx context providers are in the Experimental stage for Enterprise users with limited support.

## Enable OpenCtx context providers

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	OpenCtx context providers are only supported with Cody VS Code extension.
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To try OpenCtx context providers with Cody, you must add to your VS Code extension settings. Go to Cody Settings, and check the box for **OpenCtx: Enable**. This will enable OpenCtx. You don't need the OpenCtx VS Code extension to use context fetching with OpenCtx. You should uninstall the extension before using this feature in Cody.

For example, to use the [DevDocs provider](https://openctx.org/docs/providers/devdocs), add the following to your `settings.json`:

```json
"openctx.providers": {
    "https://openctx.org/npm/@openctx/provider-devdocs": {
        "urls": ["https://devdocs.io/go/", "https://devdocs.io/angular~16/"]
    }
},
```

Please refer to the [context providers docs](https://openctx.org/) for instructions and examples of configuring other providers such as Confluence, Jira, GitHub, Slack, Notion, Linear Issues, Linear Docs, Google Docs, and more.