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Cortex RMCP for VS Code

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Install Cortex RMCP in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "cortex-home",
      "description": "CORTEX_HOME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "cortex-token",
      "description": "CORTEX_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "cortex-api-token",
      "description": "CORTEX_API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "cortex-rmcp-version",
      "description": "CORTEX_RMCP_VERSION",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "cortex-rmcp-repo",
      "description": "CORTEX_RMCP_REPO",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "cortex-rmcp-release-base-url",
      "description": "CORTEX_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rust-log",
      "description": "RUST_LOG",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "cortex": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinglebear/cortex"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CORTEX_HOME": "${input:cortex-home}",
        "CORTEX_TOKEN": "${input:cortex-token}",
        "CORTEX_API_TOKEN": "${input:cortex-api-token}",
        "CORTEX_RMCP_VERSION": "${input:cortex-rmcp-version}",
        "CORTEX_RMCP_REPO": "${input:cortex-rmcp-repo}",
        "CORTEX_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "${input:cortex-rmcp-release-base-url}",
        "RUST_LOG": "${input:rust-log}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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