Using it
Do I have to write anything myself?
Do I have to write anything myself?
No, and you are not meant to. Your agent captures as the work happens. If you find yourself
maintaining Contextaco by hand, something has gone wrong — the whole point is that you do not
keep a second system.
Is there an API or an SDK?
Is there an API or an SDK?
There is one interface: MCP. No SDK, no library, nothing to install. That is deliberate — the
consumer of this is an agent, and agents already speak MCP.
Does Contextaco use my content to run a model?
Does Contextaco use my content to run a model?
It makes no model calls of its own. It stores and serves; your agent does the reasoning.
What format is my content in? Can I get it out?
What format is my content in? Can I get it out?
Markdown, under handles, referencing each other by handle. There is nothing to export because
there is nothing proprietary to export from — what you read is what is stored.
Privacy and sharing
Is my work private?
Is my work private?
Yes, by default. Publishing is an explicit act, never a side effect.
Who can see a published taco?
Who can see a published taco?
Anyone, with no account needed — including forking it. That is the point of publishing; treat it
as irreversible in practice, because a fork someone else made stays theirs.
If someone forks my work, do they get my private notes?
If someone forks my work, do they get my private notes?
A fork copies what the person forking can already read. Publishing decides what is readable.
Can I delete something?
Can I delete something?
Notes can be deleted, but content that already has checkpointed history keeps that history —
that is what makes the record trustworthy. Files are different: deleting one is permanent and
immediate, which is what makes storage reclaimable.
Behaviour that surprises people
Why did my agent's write get rejected?
Why did my agent's write get rejected?
Because someone changed that content after your agent read it. You get the current content and a
diff back, so the change can be redone on top rather than silently overwriting. See
Troubleshooting.
Why is a private taco 'not found' instead of 'forbidden'?
Why is a private taco 'not found' instead of 'forbidden'?
Because forbidden would confirm it exists. Not found is the honest answer to someone who is
not entitled to know either way.
Why can't my agent change my handle?
Why can't my agent change my handle?
It is the first half of every address you have published, and it is chosen once. An agent that
could set it could permanently settle something only you should settle. Display name and bio are
changeable and an agent can update them.
Why is there no merge?
Why is there no merge?
Forking exists because an intention diverged. Merging would collapse two lines of work that
diverged for a reason, and quietly pick a winner. Reading across a family and reporting where
they disagree is a different operation, and a better one.
Why doesn't the taco list show every note's content?
Why doesn't the taco list show every note's content?
Reading a taco returns its shape — metadata, the overview, and a map of notes — not every body.
An agent’s context window is the scarce resource, so bodies are fetched only when needed.
Limits and cost
What does it cost?
What does it cost?
There is one free plan. See pricing.
What happens when I hit the storage ceiling?
What happens when I hit the storage ceiling?
Writes stop; reads never do. Nothing you published becomes unreadable, and nobody loses access
to work you shared.
How many tacos can I have?
How many tacos can I have?
Unlimited, public or private, along with unlimited agents and tokens. Storage is the only
ceiling.