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MCP ZAP Server for VS Code

io.github.dtkmn/mcp-zap-server

Safe, self-hosted OWASP ZAP operator for guided AI security scans and reports.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install MCP ZAP Server in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "zap-api-url",
      "description": "ZAP_API_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "zap-api-port",
      "description": "ZAP_API_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "zap-api-key",
      "description": "ZAP_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-api-key",
      "description": "MCP_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-server-tools-surface",
      "description": "MCP_SERVER_TOOLS_SURFACE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-security-mode",
      "description": "MCP_SECURITY_MODE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-security-enabled",
      "description": "MCP_SECURITY_ENABLED",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-security-allow-placeholder-api-key",
      "description": "MCP_SECURITY_ALLOW_PLACEHOLDER_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-zap-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/dtkmn/mcp-zap-server:v0.11.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZAP_API_URL": "${input:zap-api-url}",
        "ZAP_API_PORT": "${input:zap-api-port}",
        "ZAP_API_KEY": "${input:zap-api-key}",
        "MCP_API_KEY": "${input:mcp-api-key}",
        "MCP_SERVER_TOOLS_SURFACE": "${input:mcp-server-tools-surface}",
        "MCP_SECURITY_MODE": "${input:mcp-security-mode}",
        "MCP_SECURITY_ENABLED": "${input:mcp-security-enabled}",
        "MCP_SECURITY_ALLOW_PLACEHOLDER_API_KEY": "${input:mcp-security-allow-placeholder-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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