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copilot datagate for VS Code

io.github.afurlane/copilot-datagate

Policy-driven, read-only MCP server for safe database access from AI tools.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install copilot datagate in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "datagate-project-root",
      "description": "DATAGATE_PROJECT_ROOT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "copilot-datagate": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@copilot-datagate/cli"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATAGATE_PROJECT_ROOT": "${input:datagate-project-root}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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