FreshContext is a context integrity layer for AI agents, RAG systems, and retrieval workflows.
It evaluates candidate context after retrieval and before model reasoning, then helps decide what should happen to that context next.
The simple version:
candidate context in
decision-ready context out
Most AI systems focus on retrieval:
- search better
- embed better
- chunk better
- fetch more sources
That work matters, but retrieval alone does not answer a separate question:
Should this source actually influence the model?
FreshContext is built for that boundary.
It helps classify retrieved or caller-provided context into decisions such as:
cite_as_primary
cite_as_supporting
use_as_background
needs_refresh
needs_verification
watch_only
exclude
The current front door is evaluate_context.
You provide candidate context with metadata such as source, published time, retrieved time, source type, profile, and semantic score.
FreshContext evaluates it through freshness, provenance, confidence, utility, and source-profile rules, then returns decision-ready output for an agent, model, or application.
Example product spine:
candidate context
-> FreshContext Core
-> freshness / provenance / confidence / utility / source profile
-> decision helper
-> decision-ready output
-> model / agent / app
FreshContext does not claim that freshness equals truth.
It also does not fetch, crawl, browse, scrape, read folders, or retrieve by itself through evaluate_context.
That boundary is intentional.
The caller brings candidate context.
FreshContext judges whether that context should be used, cited, verified, refreshed, backgrounded, watched, or excluded.
What is live now:
evaluate_context generic context-evaluation tool- source profiles
- decision helper
- Core evaluation pipeline
- BYOC demos
- arXiv signal-to-decision proof
- validation and trust gates
- reference adapters as proof surfaces
The goal is to make context judgment a clear layer between retrieval and reasoning.
FreshContext decides what context deserves to reach the model.
Website:
https://freshcontext-site.pages.dev/
Repository:
https://github.com/PrinceGabriel-lgtm/freshcontext-mcp
Package:
freshcontext-mcp
