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Promptheus for VS Code

io.github.abhichandra21/promptheus

AI-powered prompt refinement with adaptive questioning and multi-provider support (6+ LLM backends)

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Promptheus in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "google-api-key",
      "description": "GOOGLE_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anthropic-api-key",
      "description": "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openai-api-key",
      "description": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "groq-api-key",
      "description": "GROQ_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "qwen-api-key",
      "description": "QWEN_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "glm-api-key",
      "description": "GLM_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "promptheus-provider",
      "description": "PROMPTHEUS_PROVIDER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "promptheus-model",
      "description": "PROMPTHEUS_MODEL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "promptheus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "promptheus"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "${input:google-api-key}",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "${input:anthropic-api-key}",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "${input:openai-api-key}",
        "GROQ_API_KEY": "${input:groq-api-key}",
        "QWEN_API_KEY": "${input:qwen-api-key}",
        "GLM_API_KEY": "${input:glm-api-key}",
        "PROMPTHEUS_PROVIDER": "${input:promptheus-provider}",
        "PROMPTHEUS_MODEL": "${input:promptheus-model}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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