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Kiln for VS Code

io.github.codeofaxel/kiln

Kiln MCP server for agents: design, slice, print, monitor, and recover physical objects safely.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Kiln in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kiln-printer-host",
      "description": "KILN_PRINTER_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kiln-printer-api-key",
      "description": "KILN_PRINTER_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kiln-printer-type",
      "description": "KILN_PRINTER_TYPE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "kiln": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "kiln3d"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KILN_PRINTER_HOST": "${input:kiln-printer-host}",
        "KILN_PRINTER_API_KEY": "${input:kiln-printer-api-key}",
        "KILN_PRINTER_TYPE": "${input:kiln-printer-type}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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