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tinycontext for Gemini CLI

io.github.tinysuitehq/tinycontext

Token-light local memory with SQLite hybrid retrieval for MCP agents.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install tinycontext in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tinycontext": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/marcellm01/tinycontext:v0.5.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "TINYCONTEXT_CONFIG_PATH": "<TINYCONTEXT_CONFIG_PATH>",
        "TINYCONTEXT_MEMORY_DB_PATH": "<TINYCONTEXT_MEMORY_DB_PATH>",
        "TINYCONTEXT_MODELS_DIR": "<TINYCONTEXT_MODELS_DIR>",
        "OTEL_SERVICE_NAME": "<OTEL_SERVICE_NAME>",
        "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT": "<OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT>",
        "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL": "<OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL>",
        "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS": "<OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

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