distill mcp for VS Code

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client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install distill mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rapidapi-key",
      "description": "RAPIDAPI_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "api-market-key",
      "description": "API_MARKET_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bytestay-marketplace",
      "description": "BYTESTAY_MARKETPLACE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "distill-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "bytestay-distill-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RAPIDAPI_KEY": "${input:rapidapi-key}",
        "API_MARKET_KEY": "${input:api-market-key}",
        "BYTESTAY_MARKETPLACE": "${input:bytestay-marketplace}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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