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SQLite MCP Sidecar for VS Code

dev.xakpc/sqlite-mcp-sidecar

Agent-safe MCP sidecar for one live SQLite database: read-only default, bounded writes.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install SQLite MCP Sidecar in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sqlite-sidecar-db",
      "description": "SQLITE_SIDECAR_DB",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sqlite-sidecar-token",
      "description": "SQLITE_SIDECAR_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sqlite-sidecar-permissions",
      "description": "SQLITE_SIDECAR_PERMISSIONS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "sqlite-mcp-sidecar": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/xakpc/sqlite-mcp-sidecar:0.1.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SQLITE_SIDECAR_DB": "${input:sqlite-sidecar-db}",
        "SQLITE_SIDECAR_TOKEN": "${input:sqlite-sidecar-token}",
        "SQLITE_SIDECAR_PERMISSIONS": "${input:sqlite-sidecar-permissions}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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