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MCPAmpel - MCP Security Scanner for VS Code

io.github.diemoeve/mcpampel

Scan installed MCP servers for security vulnerabilities with 16 detection engines.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install MCPAmpel - MCP Security Scanner in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcpampel-api-key",
      "description": "MCPAMPEL_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcpampel": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcpampel"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCPAMPEL_API_KEY": "${input:mcpampel-api-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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