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ServiceNow MCP Server (NowAIKit) for VS Code

io.github.aartiq/nowaikit

ServiceNow MCP server: 450+ tools for Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot & any AI. Read-only by default.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install ServiceNow MCP Server (NowAIKit) in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "servicenow-instance-url",
      "description": "SERVICENOW_INSTANCE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "servicenow-auth-method",
      "description": "SERVICENOW_AUTH_METHOD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "servicenow-basic-username",
      "description": "SERVICENOW_BASIC_USERNAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "servicenow-basic-password",
      "description": "SERVICENOW_BASIC_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "write-enabled",
      "description": "WRITE_ENABLED",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "scripting-enabled",
      "description": "SCRIPTING_ENABLED",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "cmdb-write-enabled",
      "description": "CMDB_WRITE_ENABLED",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "now-assist-enabled",
      "description": "NOW_ASSIST_ENABLED",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "atf-enabled",
      "description": "ATF_ENABLED",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-tool-package",
      "description": "MCP_TOOL_PACKAGE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "transport",
      "description": "TRANSPORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "port",
      "description": "PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "nowaikit-api-key",
      "description": "NOWAIKIT_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "fluent-enabled",
      "description": "FLUENT_ENABLED",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "nowaikit": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "nowaikit"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SERVICENOW_INSTANCE_URL": "${input:servicenow-instance-url}",
        "SERVICENOW_AUTH_METHOD": "${input:servicenow-auth-method}",
        "SERVICENOW_BASIC_USERNAME": "${input:servicenow-basic-username}",
        "SERVICENOW_BASIC_PASSWORD": "${input:servicenow-basic-password}",
        "WRITE_ENABLED": "${input:write-enabled}",
        "SCRIPTING_ENABLED": "${input:scripting-enabled}",
        "CMDB_WRITE_ENABLED": "${input:cmdb-write-enabled}",
        "NOW_ASSIST_ENABLED": "${input:now-assist-enabled}",
        "ATF_ENABLED": "${input:atf-enabled}",
        "MCP_TOOL_PACKAGE": "${input:mcp-tool-package}",
        "TRANSPORT": "${input:transport}",
        "PORT": "${input:port}",
        "NOWAIKIT_API_KEY": "${input:nowaikit-api-key}",
        "FLUENT_ENABLED": "${input:fluent-enabled}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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