tinycontext for VS Code
io.github.tinysuitehq/tinycontext
Token-light local memory with SQLite hybrid retrieval for MCP agents.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:oci
Install tinycontext in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mcp-transport",
"description": "MCP_TRANSPORT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "tinycontext-config-path",
"description": "TINYCONTEXT_CONFIG_PATH",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "tinycontext-memory-db-path",
"description": "TINYCONTEXT_MEMORY_DB_PATH",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "tinycontext-models-dir",
"description": "TINYCONTEXT_MODELS_DIR",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "otel-service-name",
"description": "OTEL_SERVICE_NAME",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "otel-exporter-otlp-endpoint",
"description": "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "otel-exporter-otlp-protocol",
"description": "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "otel-exporter-otlp-headers",
"description": "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"tinycontext": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"docker.io/marcellm01/tinycontext:v0.5.0"
],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "${input:mcp-transport}",
"TINYCONTEXT_CONFIG_PATH": "${input:tinycontext-config-path}",
"TINYCONTEXT_MEMORY_DB_PATH": "${input:tinycontext-memory-db-path}",
"TINYCONTEXT_MODELS_DIR": "${input:tinycontext-models-dir}",
"OTEL_SERVICE_NAME": "${input:otel-service-name}",
"OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT": "${input:otel-exporter-otlp-endpoint}",
"OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL": "${input:otel-exporter-otlp-protocol}",
"OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS": "${input:otel-exporter-otlp-headers}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs