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# Create Context Manager • AI Agent SDK

> create_context_manager: Create a context manager with proper config precedence.

# create\_context\_manager

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> This function is defined in the [**manager**](../modules/manager) module.

Create a context manager with proper config precedence.

Precedence: CLI > ENV > config\_file > defaults

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def create_context_manager(model: str, session_id: str, agent_name: str, config_file: Optional[str], cli_overrides: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> ContextManager
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="model" type="str" required={false} default="'gpt-4o-mini'">
  Model name
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="session_id" type="str" required={false} default="''">
  Session ID
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="agent_name" type="str" required={false} default="''">
  Agent name
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="config_file" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Path to config.yaml
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="cli_overrides" type="Optional" required={false}>
  CLI argument overrides
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="ContextManager">
  Configured ContextManager
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `ManagerConfig`
* `ManagerConfig.from_env`
* `config.merge`
* `env_config.to_dict`
* `ContextManager`

## Source

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## Related Documentation

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  <Card title="Context Concept" icon="layer-group" href="/docs/concepts/context" />

  <Card title="Context Management" icon="sliders" href="/docs/features/context-management" />

  <Card title="Context Strategies" icon="diagram-project" href="/docs/features/context-strategies" />
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