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Philips TV (JointSpace + ADB) for VS Code

io.github.amineutron/pylips-mcp

Control a Philips Android TV over JointSpace and ADB: power, volume, apps, keys, screen, Ambilight.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Philips TV (JointSpace + ADB) in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tv-host",
      "description": "TV_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tv-user",
      "description": "TV_USER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tv-pass",
      "description": "TV_PASS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "denon-host",
      "description": "DENON_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "denon-port",
      "description": "DENON_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "pylips-tls-fingerprint",
      "description": "PYLIPS_TLS_FINGERPRINT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "pylips-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pylips-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TV_HOST": "${input:tv-host}",
        "TV_USER": "${input:tv-user}",
        "TV_PASS": "${input:tv-pass}",
        "DENON_HOST": "${input:denon-host}",
        "DENON_PORT": "${input:denon-port}",
        "PYLIPS_TLS_FINGERPRINT": "${input:pylips-tls-fingerprint}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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