diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 3b96dec..e3769f5 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { registerDependencyView } from './flowr/views/dependency-view';
 import { VariableResolve , defaultConfigOptions, setConfig } from '@eagleoutice/flowr/config';
 import type { BuiltInDefinitions } from '@eagleoutice/flowr/dataflow/environments/built-in-config';
 import { deepMergeObject } from '@eagleoutice/flowr/util/objects';
+import { registerInlineHints } from './flowr/views/inline-values';
 
 export const MINIMUM_R_MAJOR = 3;
 export const BEST_R_MAJOR = 4;
@@ -77,6 +78,8 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 		updateDependencyView();
 	}));
 
+	context.subscriptions.push(registerInlineHints(outputChannel))
+
 	context.subscriptions.push(new vscode.Disposable(() => disposeDep()));
 	process.on('SIGINT', () => destroySession());
 
@@ -195,7 +198,7 @@ function updateFlowrConfig() {
 	const config = getConfig();
 	const wasmRoot = getWasmRootPath();
 	// we don't want to *amend* here since updates to our extension config shouldn't add additional entries while keeping old ones (definitions etc.)
-	setConfig(deepMergeObject(defaultConfigOptions, { 
+	setConfig(deepMergeObject(defaultConfigOptions, {
 		ignoreSourceCalls: config.get<boolean>(Settings.IgnoreSourceCalls, false),
 		solver:            {
 			variables:       config.get<VariableResolve>(Settings.SolverVariableHandling, VariableResolve.Alias),
diff --git a/src/flowr/views/inline-values.ts b/src/flowr/views/inline-values.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e37c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/flowr/views/inline-values.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { PipelineOutput } from '@eagleoutice/flowr/core/steps/pipeline/pipeline';
+import { TREE_SITTER_DATAFLOW_PIPELINE, createDataflowPipeline } from '@eagleoutice/flowr/core/steps/pipeline/default-pipelines';
+import { TreeSitterExecutor } from '@eagleoutice/flowr/r-bridge/lang-4.x/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-executor';
+import { requestFromInput } from '@eagleoutice/flowr/r-bridge/retriever';
+import { NodeId } from '@eagleoutice/flowr/r-bridge/lang-4.x/ast/model/processing/node-id';
+import { VertexType } from '@eagleoutice/flowr/dataflow/graph/vertex';
+import { resolve } from '@eagleoutice/flowr/dataflow/environments/resolve-by-name';
+import { RLogicalValue } from '@eagleoutice/flowr/r-bridge/lang-4.x/ast/model/nodes/r-logical';
+import { RNumberValue, RStringValue } from '@eagleoutice/flowr/r-bridge/lang-4.x/convert-values';
+
+export function registerInlineHints(output: vscode.OutputChannel): vscode.Disposable {
+	return vscode.languages.registerInlayHintsProvider(
+		// only for r
+		{ scheme: 'file', language: 'r' },
+		new FlowrInlayHintsProvider(output)
+	)
+}
+
+class FlowrInlayHintsProvider implements vscode.InlayHintsProvider {
+	private readonly output: vscode.OutputChannel;
+	private readonly updateEvent = new vscode.EventEmitter<void>();
+	public onDidChangeInlayHints = this.updateEvent.event;
+
+	// TODO: work with the server as well
+	// TODO: merge infrastructure with dependency viewer?
+	private analysisInfo: PipelineOutput<typeof TREE_SITTER_DATAFLOW_PIPELINE> | undefined;
+	// TODO: on update event etc.
+
+	constructor(output: vscode.OutputChannel) {
+		this.output = output;
+		// TODO: register disposables
+		vscode.workspace.onDidChangeTextDocument(e => {
+			if(e.document.languageId === 'r') {
+				void this.update();
+			}
+		})
+		vscode.window.onDidChangeActiveTextEditor(e => {
+			if(e?.document.languageId === 'r') {
+				void this.update();
+			}
+		})
+		setTimeout(() => void this.update(), 50);
+		setTimeout(() => void this.update(), 250);
+	}
+
+	private lastEditorContent: string | undefined;
+	async update(): Promise<void> {
+		this.output.appendLine('Updating inlay hints');
+		const active = vscode.window.activeTextEditor;
+		if(!active) {
+			return;
+		}
+		const content = active.document.getText();
+		if(content.trim() === this.lastEditorContent) {
+			return;
+		}
+		this.lastEditorContent = content.trim();
+
+		this.analysisInfo = await createDataflowPipeline(new TreeSitterExecutor(), {
+			request: requestFromInput(content)
+		}).allRemainingSteps();
+		this.updateEvent.fire();
+	}
+
+	private collectAllVariables(): Set<NodeId> {
+		if(!this.analysisInfo) {
+			return new Set();
+		}
+		const variables = new Set<NodeId>();
+		for(const [v,info] of this.analysisInfo.dataflow.graph.vertices(true)) {
+			if(info.tag === VertexType.Use) {
+				variables.add(v);
+			}
+		}
+		return variables;
+	}
+
+	private getValuesForVariable(variable: NodeId): string[] {
+		if(!this.analysisInfo) {
+			return [];
+		}
+		const values = resolve(variable, { graph: this.analysisInfo.dataflow.graph, full: true, idMap: this.analysisInfo.normalize.idMap });
+
+		return values?.map(unwrapRValue).filter(isNotUndefined) ?? [];
+	}
+
+	provideInlayHints(document: vscode.TextDocument, range: vscode.Range, token: vscode.CancellationToken): vscode.ProviderResult<vscode.InlayHint[]> {
+		if(!this.analysisInfo) {
+			return [];
+		}
+		// TODO: respect hints
+		const variables = [...this.collectAllVariables()].map(v => [v, this.getValuesForVariable(v)] as const);
+		const results: vscode.InlayHint[] = [];
+
+		for(const [variable, values] of variables) {
+			if(values.length === 0) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			const loc = this.analysisInfo.normalize.idMap.get(variable);
+			if(!loc?.location) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			const vals = values.join(' | ');
+			results.push({
+				label: `: ${vals}`,
+				kind: vscode.InlayHintKind.Type,
+				position: new vscode.Position(loc.location[2], loc.location[3] - 1),
+				paddingLeft: true
+			})
+		}
+
+		return results;
+	}
+}
+
+// maybe take from flowR
+function unwrapRValue(value: RLogicalValue | RStringValue | RNumberValue | string | number | unknown): string | undefined {
+	if(value === undefined) {
+		return undefined;
+	}
+	switch(typeof value) {
+		case 'string':
+			return value;
+		case 'number':
+			return value.toString();
+		case 'boolean':
+			return value ? 'TRUE' : 'FALSE';
+	}
+	if(typeof value !== 'object' || value === null) {
+		return JSON.stringify(value);
+	}
+	if('str' in value) {
+		return (value as RStringValue).str;
+	} else if('num' in value) {
+		return (value as RNumberValue).num.toString();
+	} else {
+		return JSON.stringify(value);
+	}
+}
+
+function isNotUndefined<T>(value: T | undefined): value is T {
+	return value !== undefined;
+}
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