Context size exceeded

Error

request (10669 tokens) exceeds the available context size (8192 tokens)

Why this happens

The conversation history plus your current message is larger than the model's context window. Smaller models (8k context) hit this quickly with multi-file conversations.

Fix

1. Start a new conversation

Press Cmd+L (or Ctrl+L) and start fresh. Long conversations accumulate tokens.

2. Use a model with larger context

Models with 8k context (like some local Ollama models) fill up fast.

3. Reduce context

• Mention fewer files with @
• Remove long file references from the conversation
• For autocomplete: this usually self-resolves on the next keystroke

4. For local models

If running Ollama, you can increase context with:

ollama run <model> --ctx-size 32768

Or set num_ctx in your Modelfile.