diff --git a/.changeset/cyan-falcons-share.md b/.changeset/cyan-falcons-share.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b92b3017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cyan-falcons-share.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"barnard59-core": minor
+---
+
+Include the current graph in pipeline context
diff --git a/packages/core/index.ts b/packages/core/index.ts
index 6b19e465..8a026488 100644
--- a/packages/core/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Logger } from 'winston'
 import type { Environment } from 'barnard59-env'
-import type { GraphPointer } from 'clownface'
+import type { GraphPointer, AnyPointer } from 'clownface'
 import defaultLoaderRegistry from './lib/defaultLoaderRegistry.js'
 import defaultLogger from './lib/defaultLogger.js'
 import createPipeline from './lib/factory/pipeline.js'
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ interface TypedMap extends Map<Keys, unknown> {
 export type VariableMap = (keyof Variables extends never ? Map<string, unknown> : TypedMap)
 
 export interface Context {
+  graph: AnyPointer
   env: Environment
   logger: Logger
   variables: VariableMap
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/factory/pipeline.ts b/packages/core/lib/factory/pipeline.ts
index 23d878bf..490b33bc 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/factory/pipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/core/lib/factory/pipeline.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,15 @@ import createStep from './step.js'
 import createVariables from './variables.js'
 
 function createPipelineContext(
-  { basePath, context, logger, variables, error }: {
+  { ptr, basePath, context, logger, variables, error }: {
+    ptr: GraphPointer
     basePath: string
     context: Pick<Context, 'env'>
     logger: Logger
     variables: VariableMap
     error: (err: Error) => void
   }) {
-  return { error, ...context, basePath, logger, variables } as unknown as Context
+  return { error, ...context, graph: ptr.any(), basePath, logger, variables } as unknown as Context
 }
 
 async function createPipelineVariables(
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ function createPipeline(maybePtr: { term?: Term; dataset?: DatasetCore }, init:
     }
 
     variables = await createPipelineVariables(ptr, { basePath, context, loaderRegistry, logger, variables })
-    context = await createPipelineContext({ basePath, context, logger, variables, error })
+    context = await createPipelineContext({ ptr, basePath, context, logger, variables, error })
 
     logVariables(ptr, context, variables)
 
diff --git a/packages/shacl/manifest.ttl b/packages/shacl/manifest.ttl
index 32b16ed1..d7d5ae01 100644
--- a/packages/shacl/manifest.ttl
+++ b/packages/shacl/manifest.ttl
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   b59:command "validate" ;
   rdfs:label "Validates the RDF in standard input against a SHACL document" ;
   b59:source "barnard59-shacl/pipeline/validate.ttl" ;
+  b59:pipeline <https://barnard59.zazuko.com/pipeline/shacl/validate> ;
 .
 
 
diff --git a/packages/shacl/package.json b/packages/shacl/package.json
index 030254d7..f47da1f7 100644
--- a/packages/shacl/package.json
+++ b/packages/shacl/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "string-to-stream": "^3.0.1"
   },
   "mocha": {
+    "recursive": true,
     "require": "../../test/mocha-setup.cjs",
     "loader": "ts-node/esm/transpile-only"
   }
diff --git a/packages/shacl/pipeline/report-summary.ttl b/packages/shacl/pipeline/report-summary.ttl
index 8694f723..42ab5b7e 100644
--- a/packages/shacl/pipeline/report-summary.ttl
+++ b/packages/shacl/pipeline/report-summary.ttl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 @prefix n3: <https://barnard59.zazuko.com/operations/formats/n3/> .
 @prefix rdf: <https://barnard59.zazuko.com/operations/rdf/> .
 
-@base <http://barnard59.zazuko.com/pipeline/shacl/> .
+@base <https://barnard59.zazuko.com/pipeline/shacl/> .
 
 <report-summary> a p:Pipeline , p:Readable ;
   p:steps
diff --git a/packages/shacl/pipeline/validate.js b/packages/shacl/pipeline/validate.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b6276b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shacl/pipeline/validate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { shacl } from '../report.js'
+
+/**
+ * @this {import('barnard59-core').Context}
+ */
+export default function () {
+  const { variables } = this
+
+  if (variables.has('shapes')) {
+    const shapesPipeline = this.createPipeline(this.graph.namedNode('https://barnard59.zazuko.com/pipeline/shacl/_getShapes'), { variables })
+    return shacl.call(this, shapesPipeline.stream)
+  }
+
+  return shacl.call(this)
+}
diff --git a/packages/shacl/pipeline/validate.ttl b/packages/shacl/pipeline/validate.ttl
index 398365dc..14e4db8c 100644
--- a/packages/shacl/pipeline/validate.ttl
+++ b/packages/shacl/pipeline/validate.ttl
@@ -3,27 +3,31 @@
 @prefix base: <https://barnard59.zazuko.com/operations/base/> .
 @prefix n3: <https://barnard59.zazuko.com/operations/formats/n3/> .
 @prefix ntriples: <https://barnard59.zazuko.com/operations/formats/ntriples/> .
-@prefix getDataset: <https://barnard59.zazuko.com/operations/rdf/getDataset> .
 @prefix shacl: <https://barnard59.zazuko.com/operations/shacl/> .
 @prefix code: <https://code.described.at/> .
 @prefix rdf: <https://barnard59.zazuko.com/operations/rdf/> .
 
-@base <http://barnard59.zazuko.com/pipeline/shacl/> .
+@base <https://barnard59.zazuko.com/pipeline/shacl/> .
 
-_:shapes a p:Variable ;
-  p:name "shapes" ;
-  rdfs:label "URL or path of the shapes graph" ;
-.
-
-_:shapesMediaType a p:Variable ;
-  p:name "shapesMediaType" ;
-  rdfs:label "Override the shapes graph format" ;
-  p:required false ;
+_:variables
+  p:variable
+    [
+      a p:Variable ;
+      p:name "shapes" ;
+      rdfs:label "URL or path of the shapes graph" ;
+      p:required false ;
+    ],
+    [
+      a p:Variable ;
+      p:name "shapesMediaType" ;
+      rdfs:label "Override the shapes graph format" ;
+      p:required false ;
+    ] ;
 .
 
 <validate>
   a p:Pipeline, p:Readable ;
-  p:variables [ p:variable _:shapes, _:shapesMediaType ] ;
+  p:variables _:variables ;
   p:steps
     [
       p:stepList
@@ -41,15 +45,23 @@ _:shapesMediaType a p:Variable ;
       p:stepList
         (
           [ n3:parse () ]
-          [ getDataset: () ]
-          [ shacl:report ( _:getShapes ) ]
+          [ rdf:getDataset () ]
+          [
+            a p:Step ;
+            code:implementedBy
+              [
+                a code:EcmaScriptModule ;
+                code:link <file:validate.js#default> ;
+              ] ;
+          ]
           [ base:flatten () ]
           [ ntriples:serialize () ]
         )
     ] ;
 .
 
-_:getShapes a p:Pipeline, p:ReadableObjectMode ;
+<_getShapes> a p:Pipeline, p:ReadableObjectMode ;
+  p:variables _:variables ;
   p:steps
     [
       p:stepList
diff --git a/packages/shacl/report.js b/packages/shacl/report.js
index 08f37414..c9417447 100644
--- a/packages/shacl/report.js
+++ b/packages/shacl/report.js
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import TermCounter from './lib/TermCounter.js'
 
 /**
  * @this {import('barnard59-core').Context}
- * @param {import('@rdfjs/types').DatasetCore} ds
- * @param {number | undefined} maxViolations
+ * @param {object} options
+ * @param {import('@rdfjs/types').DatasetCore | undefined} options.shapes
+ * @param {number | undefined} options.maxViolations
  * @param {AsyncIterable<any>} iterable
  */
-async function * validate(ds, maxViolations, iterable) {
+async function * validate({ shapes, maxViolations }, iterable) {
   let totalViolations = 0
   const counter = new TermCounter(this.env)
 
@@ -19,8 +20,7 @@ async function * validate(ds, maxViolations, iterable) {
       break
     }
 
-    // create a new validator instance at each iteration to avoid memory leaks
-    const validator = new SHACLValidator(ds, { maxErrors: 0, factory: this.env })
+    const validator = new SHACLValidator(shapes || chunk, { maxErrors: 0, factory: this.env })
     const report = validator.validate(chunk)
     if (!report.conforms) {
       for (const result of report.results) {
@@ -63,14 +63,18 @@ export async function shacl(arg) {
     maxViolations = options.maxErrors < 1 ? 0 : Number(options.maxErrors)
   }
 
+  let ds
   if (!shape) {
-    throw new Error('Needs a SHACL shape as parameter')
-  }
-  if (!isReadableStream(shape)) {
-    throw new Error(`${shape} is not a readable stream`)
+    this.logger.info('No shapes found. Will validate each chunk against shapes found in the chunk itself')
+  } else {
+    if (!isReadableStream(shape)) {
+      throw new Error(`${shape} is not a readable stream`)
+    }
+    ds = await this.env.dataset().import(shape)
   }
 
-  const ds = await this.env.dataset().import(shape)
-
-  return Duplex.from(validate.bind(this, ds, maxViolations))
+  return Duplex.from(validate.bind(this, {
+    shapes: ds,
+    maxViolations,
+  }))
 }
diff --git a/packages/shacl/test/pipeline/validate.test.js b/packages/shacl/test/pipeline/validate.test.js
index e2b86771..c1564f48 100644
--- a/packages/shacl/test/pipeline/validate.test.js
+++ b/packages/shacl/test/pipeline/validate.test.js
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ import { pipelineDefinitionLoader } from 'barnard59-test-support/loadPipelineDef
 import getStream from 'get-stream'
 
 const ex = env.namespace('http://example.org/')
-const ns = env.namespace('http://barnard59.zazuko.com/pipeline/shacl/')
+const ns = env.namespace('https://barnard59.zazuko.com/pipeline/shacl/')
 
-const basePath = url.fileURLToPath(new URL('../../pipeline', import.meta.url))
 const loadPipeline = pipelineDefinitionLoader(import.meta.url, '../../pipeline')
 
 describe('pipeline/validate', function () {
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ describe('pipeline/validate', function () {
         ${env.ns.schema.name} "John Doe" ;
       .
     `.toString()
-    const ptr = await loadPipeline('validate', {
+    const { ptr, basePath } = await loadPipeline('validate', {
       term: ns._validate,
     })
     const variables = new Map([
@@ -36,7 +35,37 @@ describe('pipeline/validate', function () {
     const output = await getStream(toStream(data).pipe(pipeline.stream))
 
     // then
-    expect(output).to.be.empty
+    expect(output).to.match(/conforms> "true"/)
+  })
+
+  it('validates against shapes from input', async () => {
+    // given
+    const data = turtle`
+      ${ex.Person}
+        a ${env.ns.schema.Person} ;
+        ${env.ns.schema.name} "John Doe" ;
+      .
+      
+      []
+        a ${env.ns.sh.NodeShape} ;
+        ${env.ns.sh.targetClass} ${env.ns.schema.Person} ;
+        ${env.ns.sh.property} [
+          a ${env.ns.sh.PropertyShape} ;
+          ${env.ns.sh.path} ${env.ns.schema.name} ;
+          ${env.ns.sh.hasValue} "Jane Doe" ;
+        ] ;
+      .
+    `.toString()
+    const { ptr, basePath } = await loadPipeline('validate', {
+      term: ns._validate,
+    })
+    const pipeline = createPipeline(ptr, { basePath, env })
+
+    // when
+    const output = await getStream(toStream(data).pipe(pipeline.stream))
+
+    // then
+    expect(output).to.match(/conforms> "false"/)
   })
 
   it('validates against remote shapes', () => {
@@ -51,7 +80,7 @@ describe('pipeline/validate', function () {
         ${env.ns.schema.name} "John Doe" ;
       .
     `.toString()
-      const ptr = await loadPipeline('validate', {
+      const { ptr, basePath } = await loadPipeline('validate', {
         term: ns._validate,
       })
       const variables = new Map([
@@ -63,7 +92,7 @@ describe('pipeline/validate', function () {
       const output = await getStream(toStream(data).pipe(pipeline.stream))
 
       // then
-      expect(output).to.be.empty
+      expect(output).to.match(/conforms> "true"/)
     })
   })
 
@@ -75,7 +104,7 @@ describe('pipeline/validate', function () {
         ${env.ns.schema.name} "" ;
       .
     `.toString()
-    const ptr = await loadPipeline('validate', {
+    const { ptr, basePath } = await loadPipeline('validate', {
       term: ns._validate,
     })
     const variables = new Map([