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SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You for VS Code

io.github.darshjoshi/skyglance

What's flying above you: live aircraft, identity, routes, and your own sighting history.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "skyglance-home-lat",
      "description": "SKYGLANCE_HOME_LAT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "skyglance-home-lon",
      "description": "SKYGLANCE_HOME_LON",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "skyglance-poll",
      "description": "SKYGLANCE_POLL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "skyglance": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "skyglance"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SKYGLANCE_HOME_LAT": "${input:skyglance-home-lat}",
        "SKYGLANCE_HOME_LON": "${input:skyglance-home-lon}",
        "SKYGLANCE_POLL": "${input:skyglance-poll}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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