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Sidehand for VS Code

io.github.blue-b/sidehand

Let AI agents operate Windows apps behind your window, without taking your mouse or keyboard.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Sidehand in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sidehand-allow",
      "description": "SIDEHAND_ALLOW",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "sidehand": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "sidehand"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SIDEHAND_ALLOW": "${input:sidehand-allow}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

Sidehand in other clients

Sidehand MCP server