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SendGrid Secure for VS Code

io.github.choppaaahh/sendgrid-mcp-secure

Security-first SendGrid MCP server: dry-run default, recipient allowlists, rate caps, audit log.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install SendGrid Secure in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sendgrid-api-key",
      "description": "SENDGRID_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sendgrid-mcp-mode",
      "description": "SENDGRID_MCP_MODE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sendgrid-mcp-recipient-allowlist",
      "description": "SENDGRID_MCP_RECIPIENT_ALLOWLIST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sendgrid-mcp-writes-per-hour",
      "description": "SENDGRID_MCP_WRITES_PER_HOUR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sendgrid-mcp-max-recipients",
      "description": "SENDGRID_MCP_MAX_RECIPIENTS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sendgrid-mcp-audit-log",
      "description": "SENDGRID_MCP_AUDIT_LOG",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sendgrid-mcp-allow-bcc",
      "description": "SENDGRID_MCP_ALLOW_BCC",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "sendgrid-mcp-secure": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "sendgrid-mcp-secure"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SENDGRID_API_KEY": "${input:sendgrid-api-key}",
        "SENDGRID_MCP_MODE": "${input:sendgrid-mcp-mode}",
        "SENDGRID_MCP_RECIPIENT_ALLOWLIST": "${input:sendgrid-mcp-recipient-allowlist}",
        "SENDGRID_MCP_WRITES_PER_HOUR": "${input:sendgrid-mcp-writes-per-hour}",
        "SENDGRID_MCP_MAX_RECIPIENTS": "${input:sendgrid-mcp-max-recipients}",
        "SENDGRID_MCP_AUDIT_LOG": "${input:sendgrid-mcp-audit-log}",
        "SENDGRID_MCP_ALLOW_BCC": "${input:sendgrid-mcp-allow-bcc}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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