query-context
Run a read-only Cypher query against this project's Wexa context graph. Queries must filter on project_id = $project_id (bound server-side). Write clauses are rejected. For CODE TEXT search (symbols, strings, file contents), use search-code then fetch-code — do NOT invent Cypher for that. query-context is for structural graph queries (callers, imports, ontology). For other large string properties (diffs, notes), prefer CALL db.index.fulltext.queryNodes('idx_codetext_fulltext', '\<terms\>') YIELD node, score over CONTAINS/regex.
What it is called on each surface
The wire name is query-context everywhere: it is what the Wexa MCP server advertises, the REST path is
POST /v1/query-context, and each SDK exposes it under its own language's naming convention.
| Surface | Name |
|---|---|
| Wexa MCP server | query-context |
| REST API | POST /v1/query-context |
| TypeScript SDK | fabric.queryContext() |
| Python SDK | fabric.query_context() |
Arguments
1 of the 5 arguments is required. Omitting a required one is refused before the tool runs, at the validation stage, so it costs nothing and changes nothing.
| Argument | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
explain | boolean | Optional | Return the query plan instead of rows |
limit | integer | Optional | Max rows (clamped to 1000) |
parameters | object | Optional | Query parameters |
query | string | Required | Read-only Cypher; must filter on project_id = $project_id |
timeout_ms | integer | Optional | Query timeout (clamped to 30000) |
project_id, projectID, organization_id and executed_by are not arguments you pass: the
platform binds all four from the credential you authenticated with, and both SDKs refuse them
before the request leaves your process — see
server-bound arguments.
What it returns
The three surfaces wrap this differently, and code written against one will not read another correctly — see return shape.
A real response, captured from a live call to query-context:
rows came back populated and is shown as … here, because the real value runs to
thousands of characters. Read it from your own call rather than from this page.
{
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "{\"lifecycle_id\":\"qlc_000167\",\"result\":{\"columns\":[\"n\"],\"row_count\":1,\"rows\":\"\\u2026\",\"stats\":{\"elapsed_ms\":240},\"truncated\":false}}"
}
],
"isError": false
}Keeping the lifecycle_id is what lets you ask later why a call was allowed, refused or held.
Calling it
The same call on all four surfaces. Pick a tab once and every code block in the documentation follows it.
The ids in this example are real, and resolve against the project the documentation is written
against. Swap them for your own. A value in angle brackets is one only you can supply, and the
platform refuses a literal <...>.
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "query-context",
"arguments": {
"query": "<query>"
}
}
}Errors
Both SDKs raise the same typed errors, chosen from the gateway's own error string first and its
HTTP status second. query-context checks the fabric:query.read grant, and reaches the seven classes every
tool reaches — listed under the common set. These are the ones specific to it:
| Error | Status | Raised when |
|---|---|---|
ApprovalRequired | 202 | A policy held this call for a person to approve. The error carries the approval id; see below. |
Governance
Every call to query-context runs through the same ten-stage lifecycle as every other Wexa tool: the
credential is resolved to a scope, the fabric:query.read grant is checked, quota is drawn down, the arguments are
validated, policy rules are evaluated, the call is executed, the result is shaped and redacted, and an audit
record is written. The lifecycle_id in the response is the handle to that record.
query-context is marked consequential, which means it changes something rather than only reading. Two things
follow. It is audited in full rather than lightly, and a policy rule may hold it for human approval — in which
case the call returns 202 and an ApprovalRequired error carrying the approval id, and the SDKs can wait for
the decision and resume rather than making you call again.
See also
The tool index and errors.