hythe for VS Code
dev.hythe/hythe
HYTHE — coordination bus + shared truth for AI agent fleets — self-hosted MCP server + stdio bridge.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install hythe in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "hythe-agent-id",
"description": "HYTHE_AGENT_ID",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "hythe-agent-key-file",
"description": "HYTHE_AGENT_KEY_FILE",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "hythe-agent-auth-mode",
"description": "HYTHE_AGENT_AUTH_MODE",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "api-key",
"description": "API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mcp-host",
"description": "MCP_HOST",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mcp-port",
"description": "MCP_PORT",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"hythe": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@hythe/mcp"
],
"env": {
"HYTHE_AGENT_ID": "${input:hythe-agent-id}",
"HYTHE_AGENT_KEY_FILE": "${input:hythe-agent-key-file}",
"HYTHE_AGENT_AUTH_MODE": "${input:hythe-agent-auth-mode}",
"API_KEY": "${input:api-key}",
"MCP_HOST": "${input:mcp-host}",
"MCP_PORT": "${input:mcp-port}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs