alephant mcp for VS Code
io.github.alephantai/alephant-mcp
Alephant MCP server for AI cost control, BYO-key routing, 50+ providers, and 320+ models.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install alephant mcp in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "alephant-api-base-url",
"description": "ALEPHANT_API_BASE_URL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "alephant-virtual-key",
"description": "ALEPHANT_VIRTUAL_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "alephant-pat",
"description": "ALEPHANT_PAT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "alephant-workspace-id",
"description": "ALEPHANT_WORKSPACE_ID",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "alephant-rate-limit-rpm",
"description": "ALEPHANT_RATE_LIMIT_RPM",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"alephant-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@alephantai/mcp"
],
"env": {
"ALEPHANT_API_BASE_URL": "${input:alephant-api-base-url}",
"ALEPHANT_VIRTUAL_KEY": "${input:alephant-virtual-key}",
"ALEPHANT_PAT": "${input:alephant-pat}",
"ALEPHANT_WORKSPACE_ID": "${input:alephant-workspace-id}",
"ALEPHANT_RATE_LIMIT_RPM": "${input:alephant-rate-limit-rpm}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs