diff --git a/src/main/runtime/GraphEvalContext.ts b/src/main/runtime/GraphEvalContext.ts
index 2bf94e2..c7bda48 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/GraphEvalContext.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/GraphEvalContext.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export class GraphEvalContext implements t.GraphEvalContext {
     cache = new Map<string, any>();
     // Locals are stored per-context. Lookups delegate up the hierarchy.
     locals = new Map<string, any>();
+    _currentScope: any = null;
 
     constructor(
         readonly parent: GraphEvalContext | null = null,
@@ -115,6 +116,16 @@ export class GraphEvalContext implements t.GraphEvalContext {
      */
     span() {}
 
+    get currentScope(): any {
+        return this._currentScope ?? this.parent?.currentScope;
+    }
+
+    withScope(scope: any): t.GraphEvalContext {
+        const ctx = new GraphEvalContext(this);
+        ctx._currentScope = scope;
+        return ctx;
+    }
+
 }
 
 export class NodePendingError extends Error {
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/ModuleLoader.ts b/src/main/runtime/ModuleLoader.ts
index 3b0d4d5..323c4de 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/ModuleLoader.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/ModuleLoader.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export abstract class GenericModuleLoader implements ModuleLoader {
         this.addModule('@system/Output', systemModules.Output);
         this.addModule('@system/Param', systemModules.Param);
         this.addModule('@system/Result', systemModules.Output);
+        this.addModule('@system/Scope', systemModules.Scope);
     }
 
     abstract resolveComputeUrl(ref: string): string;
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/NodeView.ts b/src/main/runtime/NodeView.ts
index 4abe915..55f7cfb 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/NodeView.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/NodeView.ts
@@ -95,12 +95,15 @@ export class NodeView {
 
     supportsSubgraph() {
         const { subgraph } = this.getModuleSpec();
+        if (this.isScopeNode() && this.graph.isSubgraph()) {
+            return false;
+        }
         return !!subgraph;
     }
 
     getSubgraph(): GraphView | null {
         const { subgraph } = this.getModuleSpec();
-        if (!subgraph) {
+        if (!subgraph || (this.isScopeNode() && this.graph.isSubgraph())) {
             return null;
         }
         const { nodes = {}, rootNodeId = '', metadata = {} } = this.nodeSpec.subgraph ?? {};
@@ -303,6 +306,10 @@ export class NodeView {
         return this.canDock() && !!this.metadata.docked;
     }
 
+    isScopeNode() {
+        return this.ref === '@system/Scope';
+    }
+
 }
 
 export interface NodeLink {
diff --git a/src/main/system/Scope.ts b/src/main/system/Scope.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ab938a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/system/Scope.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { ModuleSpecSchema } from '../schema/ModuleSpec.js';
+
+export const Scope = ModuleSpecSchema.create({
+    moduleName: 'Scope',
+    version: '1.0.0',
+    keywords: ['system'],
+    description: 'Returns the current scope or an empty object',
+    deprecated: '',
+    params: {},
+    result: {
+        schema: { type: 'object' },
+        async: false,
+    },
+    newScope: false,
+    cacheMode: 'auto',
+    evalMode: 'auto'
+});
diff --git a/src/main/system/index.ts b/src/main/system/index.ts
index c3a7a4e..0ec507e 100644
--- a/src/main/system/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/system/index.ts
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ export * from './Frame.js';
 export * from './Input.js';
 export * from './Output.js';
 export * from './Param.js';
+export * from './Scope.js';
diff --git a/src/main/types/ctx.ts b/src/main/types/ctx.ts
index 9a7dfe3..6eccb6c 100644
--- a/src/main/types/ctx.ts
+++ b/src/main/types/ctx.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export interface GraphEvalContext {
     locals: Map<string, any>;
     nodeEvaluated: Event<NodeResult>;
     scopeCaptured: Event<ScopeData>;
+    _currentScope: any;
 
     clear(): void;
     finalize(): Promise<void>;