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kvm pilot for VS Code

io.github.dustintrap/kvm-pilot

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client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install kvm pilot in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kvm-pilot-profile",
      "description": "KVM_PILOT_PROFILE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kvm-pilot-mcp-read-only",
      "description": "KVM_PILOT_MCP_READ_ONLY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kvm-pilot-mcp-dry-run",
      "description": "KVM_PILOT_MCP_DRY_RUN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kvm-pilot-mcp-allow-power",
      "description": "KVM_PILOT_MCP_ALLOW_POWER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kvm-pilot-host",
      "description": "KVM_PILOT_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kvm-pilot-user",
      "description": "KVM_PILOT_USER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kvm-pilot-passwd",
      "description": "KVM_PILOT_PASSWD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anthropic-api-key",
      "description": "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "kvm-pilot": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "kvm-pilot"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KVM_PILOT_PROFILE": "${input:kvm-pilot-profile}",
        "KVM_PILOT_MCP_READ_ONLY": "${input:kvm-pilot-mcp-read-only}",
        "KVM_PILOT_MCP_DRY_RUN": "${input:kvm-pilot-mcp-dry-run}",
        "KVM_PILOT_MCP_ALLOW_POWER": "${input:kvm-pilot-mcp-allow-power}",
        "KVM_PILOT_HOST": "${input:kvm-pilot-host}",
        "KVM_PILOT_USER": "${input:kvm-pilot-user}",
        "KVM_PILOT_PASSWD": "${input:kvm-pilot-passwd}",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "${input:anthropic-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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