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Claude KVM for VS Code

io.github.aras-workspace/claude-kvm

MCP server — control remote desktops via VNC with a native Swift daemon and Apple Vision OCR

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Claude KVM in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "vnc-host",
      "description": "VNC_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "vnc-port",
      "description": "VNC_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "vnc-username",
      "description": "VNC_USERNAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "vnc-password",
      "description": "VNC_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "claude-kvm-daemon-path",
      "description": "CLAUDE_KVM_DAEMON_PATH",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "claude-kvm": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-kvm"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VNC_HOST": "${input:vnc-host}",
        "VNC_PORT": "${input:vnc-port}",
        "VNC_USERNAME": "${input:vnc-username}",
        "VNC_PASSWORD": "${input:vnc-password}",
        "CLAUDE_KVM_DAEMON_PATH": "${input:claude-kvm-daemon-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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