Errata for VS Code

ai.formachines/errata

Sandbox-verified fixes where AI models write outdated code for PyPI and npm libraries

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Errata in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "errata-base-url",
      "description": "ERRATA_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "errata-timeout-ms",
      "description": "ERRATA_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "errata-no-telemetry",
      "description": "ERRATA_NO_TELEMETRY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "errata": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@formachines/errata-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ERRATA_BASE_URL": "${input:errata-base-url}",
        "ERRATA_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:errata-timeout-ms}",
        "ERRATA_NO_TELEMETRY": "${input:errata-no-telemetry}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Errata in other clients

Errata MCP server