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Trail for VS Code

dev.usetrail/trail

Issue tracker and durable project memory for your coding agent, scoped to the folder you open.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Trail in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "trail-api-url",
      "description": "TRAIL_API_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "trail-project",
      "description": "TRAIL_PROJECT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "trail": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "usetrail"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRAIL_API_URL": "${input:trail-api-url}",
        "TRAIL_PROJECT": "${input:trail-project}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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