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Amicus for VS Code

io.github.bourbondog/amicus

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client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Amicus in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openrouter-api-key",
      "description": "OPENROUTER_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "amicus-skip-postinstall",
      "description": "AMICUS_SKIP_POSTINSTALL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "amicus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "amicus"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "${input:openrouter-api-key}",
        "AMICUS_SKIP_POSTINSTALL": "${input:amicus-skip-postinstall}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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