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skill mcp for VS Code

io.github.chrischall/skill-mcp

Serves a directory of Agent Skills over MCP: list, load, read files, run declared scripts

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install skill mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "skills-dir",
      "description": "SKILLS_DIR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "skill-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/skill-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SKILLS_DIR": "${input:skills-dir}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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