xbird for VS Code

io.github.checkra1neth/xbird

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client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install xbird in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "xbird-auth-token",
      "description": "XBIRD_AUTH_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "xbird-ct0",
      "description": "XBIRD_CT0",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "xbird-private-key",
      "description": "XBIRD_PRIVATE_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "xbird": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "xbird-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XBIRD_AUTH_TOKEN": "${input:xbird-auth-token}",
        "XBIRD_CT0": "${input:xbird-ct0}",
        "XBIRD_PRIVATE_KEY": "${input:xbird-private-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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