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UltraContext

A simple context API for AI agents with auto-versioning

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Hey HN! I'm Fabio and I built UltraContext, a simple context API for AI agents with automatic versioning.After two years building AI agents in production, I experienced firsthand how frustrating it is to manage context at scale. Storing messages, iterating system prompts, debugging behavior and multi-agent patterns—all while keeping track of everything without breaking anything. It was driving me insane.So I built UltraContext. The mental model is git for context:- Updates and deletes automatically create versions (history is never lost)- Replay state at any pointThe API is 5 methods: uc.create() // new context (can fork from existing) uc.append() // add message uc.get() // retrieve by version, timestamp, or index uc.update() // edit message → creates version uc.delete() // remove message → creates version Messages are schema-free. Store conversation history, tool calls, system prompts—whatever shape you need. Pass it straight to your LLM using any framework you'd like.What it's for:- Persisting conversation state across sessions- Debugging agent behavior (rewind to decision point)- Forking contexts to test different flows- Audit trails without building audit infrastructure- Multi-agent and sub-agent patternsWhat it's NOT:- Not a memory/RAG system (no semantic search)- Not a vector database- Not an Orchestration/LLM frameworkUltraContext handles versioning, branching, history. You get time-travel with one line.Docs: https://ultracontext.ai/docsEarly access: https://ultracontext.aiWould love feedback! Especially from anyone who's rolled their own context engineering and can tell me what I'm missing.

HN · launched Jan 21, 2026 · 21 upvotes (top 34%) · 0 views

Niche: ai agent memory infrastructure · 350 launches, 16 in the last 7 days ▼ -27% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • Data infrastructure
  • Developer
  • AI-native
  • Commercial product

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Could you build this?

Yes It is a CRUD and session-management API with a CLI and local daemon that syncs agent context to a server and provides versioning and search.

Discussion

20 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: memtree.dev (message compression API), Portkey (LLM middleware), Vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate), Claude Code's built-in sub-agents

Concerns raised: Privacy/trust of storing messages on servers, Latency overhead from API call between agent and LLM, Scaling with very large datasets (10k+ messages), Version history explosion with frequent agent runs, Reinventing wheel vs using vector databases

Feature requests: Open-source the product, Client-side encryption or local-first deployment, Compression strategies for long-running agents, Parallel request option without middleware interception

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 774 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #302 of 775 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 84 days after the earliest competitor.

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