Tinycontext

io.github.TinySuiteHQ/tinycontext · v0.5.4

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

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claude mcp add tinycontext -e MCP_TRANSPORT=<MCP_TRANSPORT> -e TINYCONTEXT_CONFIG_PATH=<TINYCONTEXT_CONFIG_PATH> -e TINYCONTEXT_MEMORY_DB_PATH=<TINYCONTEXT_MEMORY_DB_PATH> -e TINYCONTEXT_MODELS_DIR=<TINYCONTEXT_MODELS_DIR> -e OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=<OTEL_SERVICE_NAME> -e OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=<OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT> -e OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL=<OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL> -e OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS=<OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS> -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/marcellm01/tinycontext:v0.5.4

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tinycontext": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/marcellm01/tinycontext:v0.5.4"
      ],
      "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>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tinycontext": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/marcellm01/tinycontext:v0.5.4"
      ],
      "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>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "tinycontext": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/marcellm01/tinycontext:v0.5.4"
      ],
      "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>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`MCP_TRANSPORT` Optional	MCP transport to serve: stdio (default), sse, or streamable-http.
`TINYCONTEXT_CONFIG_PATH` Optional	Path to a context_config.json inside the container.
`TINYCONTEXT_MEMORY_DB_PATH` Optional	Path to the TinyContext SQLite database.
`TINYCONTEXT_MODELS_DIR` Optional	Directory used for downloaded ONNX embedding bundles.
`OTEL_SERVICE_NAME` Optional	OpenTelemetry service name; defaults to tinycontext when telemetry is enabled.
`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT` Optional	OTLP collector endpoint for optional OpenTelemetry traces and metrics.
`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL` Optional	OTLP protocol: http/protobuf or grpc.
`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS` Optional, secret	Optional OTLP collector headers.

Details

Package	`docker.io/marcellm01/tinycontext:v0.5.4` (OCI, stdio)
Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
First published	29 Oct 2026
Last updated	29 Oct 2026
Registry name	`io.github.TinySuiteHQ/tinycontext`

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