diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 7d384b8..d29e9bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ on:
     tags: [v*]
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 6 * * 7"
 
 jobs:
   tests:
diff --git a/cloup/__init__.py b/cloup/__init__.py
index eec86e7..637f27c 100644
--- a/cloup/__init__.py
+++ b/cloup/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     # decorators
     confirmation_option,
     help_option,
-    pass_context,
     pass_obj,
     password_option,
     version_option,
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@
     HelpFormatter,
     HelpSection,
 )
-from ._context import Context
+from ._context import Context, get_current_context, pass_context
 from ._params import Argument, Option, argument, option
 from ._option_groups import (
     OptionGroup,
@@ -104,6 +103,7 @@
     "constraint",
     "dir_path",
     "file_path",
+    "get_current_context",
     "group",
     "help_option",
     "option",
diff --git a/cloup/_context.py b/cloup/_context.py
index 20fa278..9c0ec8e 100644
--- a/cloup/_context.py
+++ b/cloup/_context.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import warnings
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Type
+from functools import update_wrapper
+from typing import (
+    Any, Callable, cast, Dict, List, Optional, Type, TypeVar, TYPE_CHECKING, overload,
+)
 
 import click
 
@@ -8,6 +13,41 @@
 from cloup.formatting import HelpFormatter
 from cloup.typing import MISSING, Possibly
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import typing_extensions as te
+
+    P = te.ParamSpec("P")
+
+R = TypeVar("R")
+
+
+@overload
+def get_current_context() -> "Context":
+    ...
+
+
+@overload
+def get_current_context(silent: bool = False) -> "Optional[Context]":
+    ...
+
+
+def get_current_context(silent: bool = False) -> "Optional[Context]":
+    """Equivalent to :func:`click.get_current_context` but casts the returned
+    :class:`click.Context` object to :class:`cloup.Context` (which is safe when using
+    cloup commands classes and decorators)."""
+    return cast(Optional[Context], click.get_current_context(silent=silent))
+
+
+def pass_context(f: "Callable[te.Concatenate[Context, P], R]") -> "Callable[P, R]":
+    """Marks a callback as wanting to receive the current context object as first
+    argument. Equivalent to :func:`click.pass_context` but assumes the current context
+    is of type :class:`cloup.Context`."""
+
+    def new_func(*args: "P.args", **kwargs: "P.kwargs") -> R:
+        return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
+
+    return update_wrapper(new_func, f)
+
 
 def _warn_if_formatter_settings_conflict(
     ctx_key: str,
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d7ffcae..ac359cd 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ deps = flake8
 commands = flake8 cloup tests examples
 
 [testenv:mypy]
-deps = mypy
+deps =
+  mypy
+  typing-extensions
 commands =
   mypy --strict cloup
   mypy tests examples