diff --git a/lib/ai/agent/tools/context.js b/lib/ai/agent/tools/context.js
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+import { pool } from '../../../db/pool.js';
+
+const TABLE = { page: 'pages', ref: 'refs', task: 'tasks', project: 'projects', space: 'spaces' };
+
+export const contextTool = {
+  name: 'context',
+  description: "Resolve what the owner is currently looking at (the active view). Call this first to ground your answer in the right entity.",
+  input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: {} },
+  async handler(_args, ctx) {
+    const view = ctx.view;
+    if (!view?.entityType || !view?.entityId) {
+      return { note: 'No specific entity is active; only the Space context is available.', space_id: ctx.space_id };
+    }
+    const table = TABLE[view.entityType];
+    if (!table) return { entityType: view.entityType, entityId: view.entityId, note: 'unrecognised entity type' };
+    const { rows: [row] } = await pool.query(`SELECT * FROM ${table} WHERE id=$1`, [view.entityId]);
+    if (!row) return { entityType: view.entityType, entityId: view.entityId, error: 'not found' };
+    return { entityType: view.entityType, ...row };
+  }
+};
diff --git a/tests/ai/agent/tools/context.test.js b/tests/ai/agent/tools/context.test.js
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+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll } from 'vitest';
+import { pool } from '../../../../lib/db/pool.js';
+import { resetDb } from '../../../helpers/db.js';
+import { migrateUp } from '../../../../lib/db/migrate.js';
+import { contextTool } from '../../../../lib/ai/agent/tools/context.js';
+
+let spaceId, taskId;
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  await resetDb(); await migrateUp();
+  ({ rows: [{ id: spaceId }] } = await pool.query(
+    `INSERT INTO spaces(slug,name) VALUES('s','S') RETURNING id`));
+  ({ rows: [{ id: taskId }] } = await pool.query(
+    `INSERT INTO tasks(space_id,title) VALUES($1,'Wire telemetry') RETURNING id`, [spaceId]));
+});
+
+describe('context tool', () => {
+  it('summarises the current view entity', async () => {
+    const out = await contextTool.handler({}, { space_id: spaceId, view: { entityType: 'task', entityId: taskId } });
+    expect(out.entityType).toBe('task');
+    expect(out.title).toBe('Wire telemetry');
+  });
+  it('handles no active view', async () => {
+    const out = await contextTool.handler({}, { space_id: spaceId, view: null });
+    expect(out.note).toMatch(/no specific entity/i);
+  });
+});