whoelse for VS Code

io.github.beskvladimir-create/whoelse

Don't build it alone: what exists, who won, what nobody has, a merge plan, and who else works on it.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install whoelse in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "github-token",
      "description": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "whoelse-openalex-key",
      "description": "WHOELSE_OPENALEX_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "whoelse-mailto",
      "description": "WHOELSE_MAILTO",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "whoelse": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "whoelse"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "${input:github-token}",
        "WHOELSE_OPENALEX_KEY": "${input:whoelse-openalex-key}",
        "WHOELSE_MAILTO": "${input:whoelse-mailto}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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