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universal host manager mcp for VS Code

io.github.abktya/universal-host-manager-mcp

Cross-platform FastMCP server for authenticated remote Linux/macOS host administration

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install universal host manager mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "host",
      "description": "HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "port",
      "description": "PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-workspace-dir",
      "description": "MCP_WORKSPACE_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "auth0-domain",
      "description": "AUTH0_DOMAIN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "auth0-client-id",
      "description": "AUTH0_CLIENT_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "auth0-client-secret",
      "description": "AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "auth0-audience",
      "description": "AUTH0_AUDIENCE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "allow-insecure-no-auth",
      "description": "ALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTH",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "universal-host-manager-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "universal-host-manager-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HOST": "${input:host}",
        "PORT": "${input:port}",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_DIR": "${input:mcp-workspace-dir}",
        "AUTH0_DOMAIN": "${input:auth0-domain}",
        "AUTH0_CLIENT_ID": "${input:auth0-client-id}",
        "AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET": "${input:auth0-client-secret}",
        "AUTH0_AUDIENCE": "${input:auth0-audience}",
        "ALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTH": "${input:allow-insecure-no-auth}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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