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Synapse RMCP for VS Code

ai.dinglebear/synapse

Host, Docker, Compose, SSH, logs, ZFS, and file operations over MCP and CLI.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Synapse RMCP in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "synapse-home",
      "description": "SYNAPSE_HOME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "synapse-hosts-config",
      "description": "SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "synapse-config-file",
      "description": "SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "synapse-rmcp-version",
      "description": "SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "synapse-rmcp-repo",
      "description": "SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "synapse-rmcp-release-base-url",
      "description": "SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rust-log",
      "description": "RUST_LOG",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "synapse": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinglebear/synapse"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SYNAPSE_HOME": "${input:synapse-home}",
        "SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG": "${input:synapse-hosts-config}",
        "SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE": "${input:synapse-config-file}",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION": "${input:synapse-rmcp-version}",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO": "${input:synapse-rmcp-repo}",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "${input:synapse-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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