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Install voicemode in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openai-api-key",
      "description": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "voicemode-debug",
      "description": "VOICEMODE_DEBUG",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "voicemode-skip-tts",
      "description": "VOICEMODE_SKIP_TTS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "voicemode-prefer-local",
      "description": "VOICEMODE_PREFER_LOCAL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "voicemode-audio-format",
      "description": "VOICEMODE_AUDIO_FORMAT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "voicemode-whisper-model",
      "description": "VOICEMODE_WHISPER_MODEL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "voicemode-disable-silence-detection",
      "description": "VOICEMODE_DISABLE_SILENCE_DETECTION",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "voicemode": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "voice-mode"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "${input:openai-api-key}",
        "VOICEMODE_DEBUG": "${input:voicemode-debug}",
        "VOICEMODE_SKIP_TTS": "${input:voicemode-skip-tts}",
        "VOICEMODE_PREFER_LOCAL": "${input:voicemode-prefer-local}",
        "VOICEMODE_AUDIO_FORMAT": "${input:voicemode-audio-format}",
        "VOICEMODE_WHISPER_MODEL": "${input:voicemode-whisper-model}",
        "VOICEMODE_DISABLE_SILENCE_DETECTION": "${input:voicemode-disable-silence-detection}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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