hatchbox for VS Code
com.pulsemcp/hatchbox
MCP server for Hatchbox Rails hosting — env var inspection, deploys, and process monitoring.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install hatchbox in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "hatchbox-api-key",
"description": "HATCHBOX_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "hatchbox-account-id",
"description": "HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "hatchbox-app-id",
"description": "HATCHBOX_APP_ID",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "hatchbox-deploy-key",
"description": "HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "web-server-ip-address",
"description": "WEB_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "ssh-key-path",
"description": "SSH_KEY_PATH",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "hatchbox-app-name",
"description": "HATCHBOX_APP_NAME",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "readonly",
"description": "READONLY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "allow-deploys",
"description": "ALLOW_DEPLOYS",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"hatchbox": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"hatchbox-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HATCHBOX_API_KEY": "${input:hatchbox-api-key}",
"HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID": "${input:hatchbox-account-id}",
"HATCHBOX_APP_ID": "${input:hatchbox-app-id}",
"HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY": "${input:hatchbox-deploy-key}",
"WEB_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS": "${input:web-server-ip-address}",
"SSH_KEY_PATH": "${input:ssh-key-path}",
"HATCHBOX_APP_NAME": "${input:hatchbox-app-name}",
"READONLY": "${input:readonly}",
"ALLOW_DEPLOYS": "${input:allow-deploys}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs