Paritok for VS Code

August 16, 2026 · View on GitHub

Route your coding agent (Claude Code / Codex / Continue) through a local Paritok proxy that compresses tool-call and file context before it reaches the model — cutting token cost without changing how you work.

The extension is just a launcher: it starts a local paritok up process and points your agent's config at it. All compression stays server-side.

Main project & docs: https://github.com/Paritok-official/paritok-4b-v1

Install & use

After installing the extension:

Claude Code

  1. Ctrl+Shift+P → Paritok: Set API Key → paste your Paritok key (free until end of August at paritok.com).
  2. Ctrl+Shift+P → Paritok: Enable Claude Code → done.

Codex — same, but step 2 is Paritok: Enable Codex.

Continue — same, but step 2 is Paritok: Enable Continue.

Self-hosting (no API key)

Prefer to run the open model locally instead of the Paritok GPU server?

  1. Ctrl+Shift+P → Paritok: Open Config → click Create editable config, then set use_gpu_server: false in the yaml and save (this switches the proxy to your local Ollama at http://localhost:11434).
  2. Ctrl+Shift+P → Paritok: Enable Claude Code (or Codex / Continue). No API key needed.

See your savings

While the proxy is running, open http://127.0.0.1:8080/stats in a browser (or run Ctrl+Shift+P → Paritok: Show Savings (/stats)) to see live compression data — tokens in/out, tokens saved, and the compression ratio.

Disable

Ctrl+Shift+P → Paritok: Disable stops the proxy and restores every agent's original config. For Claude Code, reload the window afterwards (the prompt offers a one-click Reload Window) — a session that was already open keeps pointing at the now-stopped proxy until it restarts, so its next request would otherwise show Connection refused.

Requirements

  • Python — the paritok CLI is installed for you on first Enable.
  • At least one of: Claude Code, Codex, or Continue.

License

Apache-2.0 © Paritok. The Paritok API service is provided under its own Terms of Service.