diff --git a/api/server/controllers/ContextProjectionController.js b/api/server/controllers/ContextProjectionController.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df5c79d3bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/server/controllers/ContextProjectionController.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+const { logger } = require('@librechat/data-schemas');
+const { resolveContextProjection } = require('@librechat/api');
+const db = require('~/models');
+
+/**
+ * Returns a server-side context-usage projection for the viewed branch + config
+ * (agents SDK, no model call) — powers the gauge for snapshot-less branches and
+ * after a model/window switch. Resolution lives in `@librechat/api`; this
+ * controller only injects request-scoped model accessors.
+ * @param {ServerRequest} req
+ * @param {ServerResponse} res
+ */
+async function contextProjectionController(req, res) {
+  try {
+    const params = req.body ?? {};
+    if (!params.conversationId || !params.messageId) {
+      res.json(null);
+      return;
+    }
+    const projection = await resolveContextProjection(
+      { getMessages: db.getMessages, getAgent: db.getAgent },
+      params,
+    );
+    res.json(projection ?? null);
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('[contextProjectionController]', error);
+    res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to resolve context projection' });
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = contextProjectionController;
diff --git a/api/server/routes/endpoints.js b/api/server/routes/endpoints.js
index 8b1fceccc4..b11de153df 100644
--- a/api/server/routes/endpoints.js
+++ b/api/server/routes/endpoints.js
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ const requireJwtAuth = require('~/server/middleware/requireJwtAuth');
 const configMiddleware = require('~/server/middleware/config/app');
 const endpointController = require('~/server/controllers/EndpointController');
 const tokenConfigController = require('~/server/controllers/TokenConfigController');
+const contextProjectionController = require('~/server/controllers/ContextProjectionController');
 
 const router = express.Router();
 /** Auth required for role/tenant-scoped endpoint config resolution. */
 router.get('/', requireJwtAuth, endpointController);
 router.get('/token-config', requireJwtAuth, configMiddleware, tokenConfigController);
+router.post('/context-projection', requireJwtAuth, configMiddleware, contextProjectionController);
 
 module.exports = router;
diff --git a/packages/api/src/endpoints/index.ts b/packages/api/src/endpoints/index.ts
index 9e6e9dbac0..4be03df1e3 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/endpoints/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/endpoints/index.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ export * from './google';
 export * from './models';
 export * from './openai';
 export * from './pricing';
+export * from './projection';
 export * from './tokenConfig';
diff --git a/packages/api/src/endpoints/projection.ts b/packages/api/src/endpoints/projection.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a126545eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/endpoints/projection.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+import { HumanMessage, AIMessage } from '@langchain/core/messages';
+import { Providers, createTokenCounter, projectAgentContextUsage } from '@librechat/agents';
+import type { BaseMessage } from '@langchain/core/messages';
+import type { TContextProjectionRequest, TContextUsageEvent } from 'librechat-data-provider';
+
+interface ProjectionMessage {
+  messageId: string;
+  parentMessageId?: string | null;
+  tokenCount?: number;
+  isCreatedByUser?: boolean;
+  text?: string;
+}
+
+interface ProjectionAgent {
+  instructions?: string;
+  provider?: string;
+  model?: string;
+  model_parameters?: { maxContextTokens?: number };
+}
+
+export interface ContextProjectionDeps {
+  getMessages: (
+    filter: { conversationId: string },
+    select?: string,
+  ) => Promise<ProjectionMessage[]>;
+  getAgent: (filter: { id: string }) => Promise<ProjectionAgent | null>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Walks the parent chain from `tailId` to root and returns the branch messages
+ * oldest→newest. The visited set guards against cycles / self-referential links.
+ */
+function resolveBranch(messages: ProjectionMessage[], tailId: string): ProjectionMessage[] {
+  const byId = new Map<string, ProjectionMessage>();
+  for (const message of messages) {
+    byId.set(message.messageId, message);
+  }
+  const branch: ProjectionMessage[] = [];
+  const seen = new Set<string>();
+  let currentId: string | null | undefined = tailId;
+  while (currentId != null && !seen.has(currentId)) {
+    const message = byId.get(currentId);
+    if (message == null) {
+      break;
+    }
+    seen.add(currentId);
+    branch.push(message);
+    currentId = message.parentMessageId;
+  }
+  return branch.reverse();
+}
+
+/** Maps an endpoint/provider string to the agents `Providers` enum. */
+function resolveProvider(value?: string): Providers {
+  if (value == null || value === '') {
+    return Providers.OPENAI;
+  }
+  const lower = value.toLowerCase();
+  for (const provider of Object.values(Providers)) {
+    if (provider.toLowerCase() === lower) {
+      return provider;
+    }
+  }
+  if (lower.includes('anthropic') || lower.includes('claude')) {
+    return Providers.ANTHROPIC;
+  }
+  if (lower.includes('google') || lower.includes('gemini') || lower.includes('vertex')) {
+    return Providers.GOOGLE;
+  }
+  if (lower.includes('bedrock')) {
+    return Providers.BEDROCK;
+  }
+  return Providers.OPENAI;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Server-side context-usage projection: reconstructs the viewed branch + the
+ * resolved agent config and asks the agents SDK what the next call's context
+ * would be, WITHOUT invoking the model. Reuses LibreChat's already-calibrated
+ * per-message `tokenCount`s (no re-tokenizing). Returns null when there is no
+ * resolvable context window. NOTE: this first cut targets message-windowing
+ * accuracy — tool-schema tokens are not yet included; a follow-up will reuse the
+ * full `initializeAgent` path for exact instruction/tool overhead.
+ */
+export async function resolveContextProjection(
+  deps: ContextProjectionDeps,
+  params: TContextProjectionRequest,
+): Promise<TContextUsageEvent | null> {
+  const stored = await deps.getMessages(
+    { conversationId: params.conversationId },
+    'messageId parentMessageId tokenCount isCreatedByUser text',
+  );
+  const branch = resolveBranch(stored, params.messageId);
+  if (branch.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  let instructions: string | undefined;
+  let providerValue: string | undefined = params.endpoint;
+  let model = params.model;
+  let maxContextTokens = params.maxContextTokens;
+  if (params.agentId != null && params.agentId !== '') {
+    const agent = await deps.getAgent({ id: params.agentId });
+    if (agent != null) {
+      instructions = agent.instructions;
+      providerValue = agent.provider ?? providerValue;
+      model = agent.model ?? model;
+      maxContextTokens = maxContextTokens ?? agent.model_parameters?.maxContextTokens;
+    }
+  }
+  if (maxContextTokens == null || maxContextTokens <= 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const messages: BaseMessage[] = [];
+  const indexTokenCountMap: Record<string, number> = {};
+  for (let i = 0; i < branch.length; i++) {
+    const message = branch[i];
+    const text = message.text ?? '';
+    messages.push(message.isCreatedByUser === true ? new HumanMessage(text) : new AIMessage(text));
+    indexTokenCountMap[String(i)] = message.tokenCount ?? 0;
+  }
+
+  const encoding = (model ?? '').toLowerCase().includes('claude') ? 'claude' : 'o200k_base';
+  const tokenCounter = await createTokenCounter(encoding);
+
+  return projectAgentContextUsage({
+    agent: {
+      agentId: params.agentId ?? 'projection',
+      provider: resolveProvider(providerValue),
+      instructions,
+      maxContextTokens,
+    },
+    messages,
+    tokenCounter,
+    indexTokenCountMap,
+    calibrationRatio: params.calibrationRatio,
+  });
+}