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amjdtoday at 4:03 PM1 replyview on HN

Congrats on the launch! What are the key advantages of this compared to OneCLI[1]?

[1]: https://github.com/onecli/onecli


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mc-serioustoday at 4:14 PM

Great question. Two main differences:

Workflow: OneCLI runs as a self-hosted Docker gateway — you route agent traffic through localhost:10255. Kontext doesn't change how you use Claude Code at all, just kontext start --agent claude.

Visibility layer: OneCLI intercepts outbound HTTP requests. Kontext hooks into Claude's PreToolUse/PostToolUse events, so you see bash commands, file ops, and API calls and not just network traffic.

Trust model tradeoff worth naming: OneCLI is fully self-hosted. Kontext holds secrets server-side and mints short-lived tokens per session. We do this via token exchange, RFC 8693, and natively build upon Oauth to support only handing over short-lived tokens - you don't need to capture refresh tokens for external tool calls at all.

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