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vulnicheck for VS Code

io.github.andrasfe/vulnicheck

HTTP MCP Server for comprehensive Python vulnerability scanning and security analysis.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install vulnicheck in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "nvd-api-key",
      "description": "NVD_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "github-token",
      "description": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openai-api-key",
      "description": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anthropic-api-key",
      "description": "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-port",
      "description": "MCP_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "cache-ttl",
      "description": "CACHE_TTL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "vulnicheck-http-only",
      "description": "VULNICHECK_HTTP_ONLY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "vulnicheck": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/andrasfe/vulnicheck:main"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NVD_API_KEY": "${input:nvd-api-key}",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "${input:github-token}",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "${input:openai-api-key}",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "${input:anthropic-api-key}",
        "MCP_PORT": "${input:mcp-port}",
        "CACHE_TTL": "${input:cache-ttl}",
        "VULNICHECK_HTTP_ONLY": "${input:vulnicheck-http-only}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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