plcsense for VS Code
com.plcsense/mcp
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client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install plcsense in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "plcsense-license-key",
"description": "PLCSENSE_LICENSE_KEY",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@zeugwerk/plcsense"
],
"env": {
"PLCSENSE_LICENSE_KEY": "${input:plcsense-license-key}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs