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Rules MCP for VS Code

io.github.akr1166/rules-mcp

MCP for rules/skills/knowledge evaluation for Cursor, Claude, VS Code, and Antigravity.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Rules MCP in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "log-level",
      "description": "LOG_LEVEL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "skills-path",
      "description": "SKILLS_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "knowledge-path",
      "description": "KNOWLEDGE_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "profiles-path",
      "description": "PROFILES_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "profile",
      "description": "PROFILE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rules-path",
      "description": "RULES_PATH",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "rules-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@akr1166org/rules-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LOG_LEVEL": "${input:log-level}",
        "SKILLS_PATH": "${input:skills-path}",
        "KNOWLEDGE_PATH": "${input:knowledge-path}",
        "PROFILES_PATH": "${input:profiles-path}",
        "PROFILE": "${input:profile}",
        "RULES_PATH": "${input:rules-path}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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