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contextual for VS Code

io.github.contextual-laboratories/contextual

Persistent memory for AI coding agents: local-first semantic search, dependency graphs, git history.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install contextual in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "contextual-log-level",
      "description": "CONTEXTUAL_LOG_LEVEL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "contextual": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "contextual-engine"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CONTEXTUAL_LOG_LEVEL": "${input:contextual-log-level}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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