# context-use (2026)

> A personal context layer for people and their agents: why context portability and owning your digital self are what keep you in control, now that models and harnesses have become interchangeable.

- Canonical URL: [https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/about/projects/2026_context-use/intro](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/about/projects/2026_context-use/intro)
- Site index: [https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/llms.txt](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/llms.txt)
- Knowledge index: [https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/)
- Last edited: 2026-08-07T14:16:44.262Z

# context-use (2026)

[context-use](https://github.com/massimoalbarello/context-use) is the system behind this self-writing autobiography: a personal context layer whose private side belongs to its owner and their agents, while selected pages can be published as [navigable hypermedia](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/topics/hypermedia/intro). See [why I am building this](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/about/projects/2026_context-use/why).

### The only difference that makes a difference

By now it has become clear that both the models and the harnesses are basically interchangeable. You can switch between GPT, Opus, Gemini and Kimi and barely notice. In the same way, you can switch between OpenClaw, Hermes, Claude Cowork and whatever else comes next.

The only difference that makes a difference is your own context — what we at [Fabric](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/about/projects/2024-2026_fabric/intro) called your [Digital Self](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/about/projects/2024-2026_fabric/2025-2026_ai-agents/story#turning-raw-data-into-rich-context).

### Context portability

Owning your context is the only way for your AIs to be able to serve you best, without the risk of getting trapped. If it lives inside somebody else's product, you end up picking your agents based on where your context happens to sit, rather than on which one actually serves you best.

AI is turning the world into one [ubiquitous computer](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/topics/ubiquitous-computing/intro). Context portability is what enables you to [remain in control](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/topics/digital-sovereignty/intro) of such a computer.