diff --git a/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/ContextHelpers.java b/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/ContextHelpers.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62c83ecbff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/ContextHelpers.java
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+package datadog.context;
+
+import static java.lang.Math.max;
+import static java.util.Arrays.copyOfRange;
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;
+
+/**
+ * Static helpers to manipulate context collections.
+ *
+ * <p>Typical usages include:
+ *
+ * <pre>{@code
+ * // Finding a context value from multiple sources:
+ * Span span = findFirst(spanKey, message, request, CURRENT)
+ * // Find all context values from different sources:
+ * List<Error> errors = findAll(errorKey, message, request, CURRENT)
+ * // Capture multiple contexts in a single one:
+ * Context aggregate = combine(message, request, CURRENT)
+ * // Combine multiple contexts into a single one using custom merge rules:
+ * Context combined = combine(
+ *   (current, next) -> {
+ *     var metric = current.get(metricKey);
+ *     var nextMetric = next.get(metricKey);
+ *     return current.with(metricKey, metric.add(nextMetric));
+ *   }, message, request, CURRENT);
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * where {@link #CURRENT} denotes a carrier with the current context.
+ */
+public final class ContextHelpers {
+  /** A helper object carrying the {@link Context#current()} context. */
+  public static final Object CURRENT = new Object();
+
+  private ContextHelpers() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Find the first context value from given context carriers.
+   *
+   * @param key The key used to store the value.
+   * @param carriers The carrier to get context and value from.
+   * @param <T> The type of the value to look for.
+   * @return The first context value found, {@code null} if not found.
+   */
+  public static <T> T findFirst(ContextKey<T> key, Object... carriers) {
+    requireNonNull(key, "key cannot be null");
+    for (Object carrier : carriers) {
+      requireNonNull(carrier, "carrier cannot be null");
+      Context context = carrier == CURRENT ? Context.current() : Context.from(carrier);
+      T value = context.get(key);
+      if (value != null) {
+        return value;
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Find all the context values from the given context carriers.
+   *
+   * @param key The key used to store the value.
+   * @param carriers The carriers to get context and value from.
+   * @param <T> The type of the values to look for.
+   * @return A list of all values found, in context order.
+   */
+  public static <T> List<T> findAll(ContextKey<T> key, Object... carriers) {
+    requireNonNull(key, "key cannot be null");
+    List<T> values = new ArrayList<>(carriers.length);
+    for (Object carrier : carriers) {
+      requireNonNull(carrier, "carrier cannot be null");
+      Context context = carrier == CURRENT ? Context.current() : Context.from(carrier);
+      T value = context.get(key);
+      if (value != null) {
+        values.add(value);
+      }
+    }
+    return values;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Combine contexts and their values, keeping the first founds.
+   *
+   * @param contexts The contexts to combine.
+   * @return A context containing all the values from all the given context, keeping the first value
+   *     found for a given key.
+   */
+  public static Context combine(Context... contexts) {
+    return combine(ContextHelpers::combineKeepingFirst, contexts);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Combine multiple contexts into a single one.
+   *
+   * @param combiner The context combiner, taking already combined context as first parameter, any
+   *     following one as second parameter, and returning the combined context.
+   * @param contexts The contexts to combine.
+   * @return The combined context.
+   */
+  public static Context combine(BinaryOperator<Context> combiner, Context... contexts) {
+    requireNonNull(combiner, "combiner cannot be null");
+    Context result = new IndexedContext(new Object[0]);
+    for (Context context : contexts) {
+      requireNonNull(context, "context cannot be null");
+      result = combiner.apply(result, context);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  private static Context combineKeepingFirst(Context current, Context next) {
+    if (!(current instanceof IndexedContext)) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException("Left context is supposed to be an IndexedContext");
+    }
+    IndexedContext currentIndexed = (IndexedContext) current;
+    if (next instanceof EmptyContext) {
+      return current;
+    } else if (next instanceof SingletonContext) {
+      SingletonContext nextSingleton = (SingletonContext) next;
+      Object[] store =
+          copyOfRange(
+              currentIndexed.store, 0, max(currentIndexed.store.length, nextSingleton.index + 1));
+      if (store[nextSingleton.index] == null) {
+        store[nextSingleton.index] = nextSingleton.value;
+      }
+      return new IndexedContext(store);
+    } else if (next instanceof IndexedContext) {
+      IndexedContext nextIndexed = (IndexedContext) next;
+      Object[] store =
+          copyOfRange(
+              currentIndexed.store, 0, max(currentIndexed.store.length, nextIndexed.store.length));
+      for (int i = 0; i < nextIndexed.store.length; i++) {
+        Object nextValue = nextIndexed.store[i];
+        if (nextValue != null && store[i] == null) {
+          store[i] = nextValue;
+        }
+      }
+      return new IndexedContext(store);
+    }
+    throw new IllegalStateException("Unsupported context type: " + next.getClass().getName());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/IndexedContext.java b/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/IndexedContext.java
index cadc481d707..d7aa1731b2a 100644
--- a/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/IndexedContext.java
+++ b/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/IndexedContext.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 /** {@link Context} containing many values. */
 @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault
 final class IndexedContext implements Context {
-  private final Object[] store;
+  final Object[] store;
 
   IndexedContext(Object[] store) {
     this.store = store;
diff --git a/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/SingletonContext.java b/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/SingletonContext.java
index 7a8a4e98b6f..4aa5e3f04cf 100644
--- a/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/SingletonContext.java
+++ b/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/SingletonContext.java
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 /** {@link Context} containing a single value. */
 @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault
 final class SingletonContext implements Context {
-  private final int index;
-  private final Object value;
+  final int index;
+  final Object value;
 
   SingletonContext(int index, Object value) {
     this.index = index;
diff --git a/components/context/src/test/java/datadog/context/ContextHelpersTest.java b/components/context/src/test/java/datadog/context/ContextHelpersTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51e88774376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/context/src/test/java/datadog/context/ContextHelpersTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+package datadog.context;
+
+import static datadog.context.Context.current;
+import static datadog.context.Context.root;
+import static datadog.context.ContextHelpers.CURRENT;
+import static datadog.context.ContextHelpers.combine;
+import static datadog.context.ContextHelpers.findAll;
+import static datadog.context.ContextHelpers.findFirst;
+import static datadog.context.ContextTest.BOOLEAN_KEY;
+import static datadog.context.ContextTest.FLOAT_KEY;
+import static datadog.context.ContextTest.STRING_KEY;
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
+import static java.util.Collections.singleton;
+import static java.util.logging.Level.ALL;
+import static java.util.logging.Level.INFO;
+import static java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE;
+import static java.util.logging.Level.WARNING;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertIterableEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments.arguments;
+
+import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+
+class ContextHelpersTest {
+  private static final Object CARRIER_1 = new Object();
+  private static final Object CARRIER_2 = new Object();
+  private static final Object UNSET_CARRIER = new Object();
+  private static final Object NON_CARRIER = new Object();
+  private static final String VALUE_1 = "value1";
+  private static final String VALUE_2 = "value2";
+
+  @BeforeAll
+  static void init() {
+    Context context1 = root().with(STRING_KEY, VALUE_1);
+    context1.attachTo(CARRIER_1);
+
+    Context context2 = root().with(STRING_KEY, VALUE_2);
+    context2.attachTo(CARRIER_2);
+
+    root().attachTo(UNSET_CARRIER);
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @MethodSource("findFirstArguments")
+  void testFindFirst(Object[] carriers, String expected) {
+    assertEquals(expected, findFirst(STRING_KEY, carriers), "Cannot find first value");
+  }
+
+  static Stream<Arguments> findFirstArguments() {
+    return Stream.of(
+        arguments(emptyArray(), null),
+        arguments(arrayOf(NON_CARRIER), null),
+        arguments(arrayOf(UNSET_CARRIER), null),
+        arguments(arrayOf(CARRIER_1), VALUE_1),
+        arguments(arrayOf(CARRIER_1, CARRIER_2), VALUE_1),
+        arguments(arrayOf(NON_CARRIER, CARRIER_1), VALUE_1),
+        arguments(arrayOf(UNSET_CARRIER, CARRIER_1), VALUE_1),
+        arguments(arrayOf(CARRIER_1, NON_CARRIER), VALUE_1),
+        arguments(arrayOf(CARRIER_1, UNSET_CARRIER), VALUE_1));
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @MethodSource("findAllArguments")
+  void testFindAll(Object[] carriers, Iterable<String> expected) {
+    assertIterableEquals(expected, findAll(STRING_KEY, carriers), "Cannot find all values");
+  }
+
+  static Stream<Arguments> findAllArguments() {
+    return Stream.of(
+        arguments(emptyArray(), emptyList()),
+        arguments(arrayOf(CARRIER_1), singleton(VALUE_1)),
+        arguments(arrayOf(CARRIER_1, CARRIER_2), asList(VALUE_1, VALUE_2)),
+        arguments(arrayOf(NON_CARRIER, CARRIER_1), singleton(VALUE_1)),
+        arguments(arrayOf(UNSET_CARRIER, CARRIER_1), singleton(VALUE_1)),
+        arguments(arrayOf(CARRIER_1, NON_CARRIER), singleton(VALUE_1)),
+        arguments(arrayOf(CARRIER_1, UNSET_CARRIER), singleton(VALUE_1)));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testNullCarriers() {
+    assertThrows(
+        NullPointerException.class, () -> findFirst(null, CARRIER_1), "Should fail on null key");
+    assertThrows(
+        NullPointerException.class,
+        () -> findFirst(STRING_KEY, (Object) null),
+        "Should fail on null context");
+    assertThrows(
+        NullPointerException.class,
+        () -> findFirst(STRING_KEY, null, CARRIER_1),
+        "Should fail on null context");
+    assertThrows(
+        NullPointerException.class, () -> findAll(null, CARRIER_1), "Should fail on null key");
+    assertThrows(
+        NullPointerException.class,
+        () -> findAll(STRING_KEY, (Object) null),
+        "Should fail on null context");
+    assertThrows(
+        NullPointerException.class,
+        () -> findAll(STRING_KEY, null, CARRIER_1),
+        "Should fail on null context");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testCurrent() {
+    assertEquals(root(), current(), "Current context is already set");
+    Context context = root().with(STRING_KEY, VALUE_1);
+    try (ContextScope ignored = context.attach()) {
+      assertEquals(
+          VALUE_1, findFirst(STRING_KEY, CURRENT), "Failed to get value from current context");
+      assertIterableEquals(
+          singleton(VALUE_1),
+          findAll(STRING_KEY, CURRENT),
+          "Failed to get value from current context");
+    }
+    assertEquals(root(), current(), "Current context stayed attached");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testCombine() {
+    Context context1 = root().with(STRING_KEY, VALUE_1).with(BOOLEAN_KEY, true);
+    Context context2 = root().with(STRING_KEY, VALUE_2).with(FLOAT_KEY, 3.14F);
+    Context context3 = root();
+    Context context4 = root().with(FLOAT_KEY, 567F);
+
+    Context combined = combine(context1, context2, context3, context4);
+    assertEquals(VALUE_1, combined.get(STRING_KEY), "First duplicate value should be kept");
+    assertEquals(true, combined.get(BOOLEAN_KEY), "Values from first context should be kept");
+    assertEquals(3.14f, combined.get(FLOAT_KEY), "Values from second context should be kept");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testCombiner() {
+    ContextKey<ErrorStats> errorKey = ContextKey.named("error");
+    Context context1 = root().with(errorKey, ErrorStats.from(INFO, 12)).with(STRING_KEY, VALUE_1);
+    Context context2 = root().with(errorKey, ErrorStats.from(SEVERE, 1)).with(FLOAT_KEY, 3.14F);
+    Context context3 = root().with(errorKey, ErrorStats.from(WARNING, 6)).with(BOOLEAN_KEY, true);
+
+    BinaryOperator<Context> errorStatsMerger =
+        (left, right) -> {
+          ErrorStats mergedStats = ErrorStats.merge(left.get(errorKey), right.get(errorKey));
+          return left.with(errorKey, mergedStats);
+        };
+    Context combined = combine(errorStatsMerger, context1, context2, context3);
+    ErrorStats combinedStats = combined.get(errorKey);
+    assertNotNull(combinedStats, "Failed to combined error stats");
+    assertEquals(19, combinedStats.errorCount, "Failed to combine error stats");
+    assertEquals(SEVERE, combinedStats.maxLevel, "Failed to combine error stats");
+    assertNull(combined.get(STRING_KEY), "Combiner should drop any other context values");
+    assertNull(combined.get(FLOAT_KEY), "Combiner should drop any other context values");
+    assertNull(combined.get(BOOLEAN_KEY), "Combiner should drop any other context values");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testNullCombine() {
+    assertThrows(
+        NullPointerException.class,
+        () -> combine((BinaryOperator<Context>) null, root()),
+        "Should fail on null combiner");
+    assertThrows(
+        NullPointerException.class,
+        () -> combine((left, right) -> left, (Context) null),
+        "Should fail on null context");
+  }
+
+  private static class ErrorStats {
+    int errorCount;
+    Level maxLevel;
+
+    public ErrorStats() {
+      this.errorCount = 0;
+      this.maxLevel = ALL;
+    }
+
+    public static ErrorStats from(Level logLevel, int count) {
+      ErrorStats stats = new ErrorStats();
+      stats.errorCount = count;
+      stats.maxLevel = logLevel;
+      return stats;
+    }
+
+    public static ErrorStats merge(ErrorStats a, ErrorStats b) {
+      if (a == null) {
+        return b;
+      }
+      Level maxLevel = a.maxLevel.intValue() > b.maxLevel.intValue() ? a.maxLevel : b.maxLevel;
+      return from(maxLevel, a.errorCount + b.errorCount);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static Object[] emptyArray() {
+    return new Object[0];
+  }
+
+  private static Object[] arrayOf(Object... objects) {
+    return objects;
+  }
+}