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# [Stop Drowning Your AI Assistant: How to Build a Context-Saving MCP Server for VS Code Copilot](https://ablank-slate.hashnode.dev/stop-drowning-your-ai-assistant-how-to-build-a-context-saving-mcp-server-for-vs-code-copilot?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Connecting a context saving mcp server to your Visual Studio Copilot Agent.

Jun 14 · 8 min read · ablank-slate.hashnode.dev  
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## Written by

[Muhammad Raza](https://hashnode.com/@mraza)

@mraza · Karachi, Pakistan

  
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Senior @ FAST NUCES. Have a passion for learning: Full Stack, System Design, Agentic, GenAI. Find my projects on GitHub. Cat lover and always up for a chat!

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[Opportunity Biz](https://hashnode.com/@opptybiz)

[Jun 15](https://hashnode.com/posts/stop-drowning-your-ai-assistant-how-to-build-a-context-saving-mcp-server-for-vs-code-copilot/6a2e64caa5db61d19f3c9039/comment/6a301a226182655e5cb35d44)

This is a solid approach. The head/tail truncation pattern is elegant — keeping the context where errors usually surface while dropping the noisy middle. I've been thinking about a similar problem from a different angle: when you're running long scraping jobs via MCP, the log output can get massive. A token-aware middleware like mcp-headroom could slot right into that pipeline.

Curious — have you tested this with Docker build outputs? Those tend to be the worst offenders for context bloat.

[Muhammad Raza](https://hashnode.com/@mraza)

[Jun 15](https://hashnode.com/posts/stop-drowning-your-ai-assistant-how-to-build-a-context-saving-mcp-server-for-vs-code-copilot/6a2e64caa5db61d19f3c9039/comment/6a301a226182655e5cb35d44#reply-6a303610347fb0a139c84612)

Thank you! Right now nope, was thinking of a project of mine to integrate this into when i get the time.

[Opportunity Biz](https://hashnode.com/@opptybiz)

[Jul 7](https://hashnode.com/posts/stop-drowning-your-ai-assistant-how-to-build-a-context-saving-mcp-server-for-vs-code-copilot/6a2e64caa5db61d19f3c9039/comment/6a301a226182655e5cb35d44#reply-6a4cd8f5f445878d916a4c14)

Makes sense. Docker build logs are probably the worst test case — layer cache hits/misses create massive repetitive output. Would be curious to hear how it handles that if you integrate it.