Tailscale Compute for VS Code
io.github.dylantirandaz/tailscale-compute
Run builds, tests, and benchmarks on your own Tailscale compute node.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install Tailscale Compute in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "tailscale-compute-host",
"description": "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "tailscale-compute-local-root",
"description": "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "tailscale-compute-remote-root",
"description": "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "tailscale-compute-remote-shell",
"description": "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "tailscale-compute-connect-timeout-seconds",
"description": "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "tailscale-compute-audit-log",
"description": "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"tailscale-compute": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@dylantirandaz/tailscale-compute-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST": "${input:tailscale-compute-host}",
"TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT": "${input:tailscale-compute-local-root}",
"TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT": "${input:tailscale-compute-remote-root}",
"TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL": "${input:tailscale-compute-remote-shell}",
"TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "${input:tailscale-compute-connect-timeout-seconds}",
"TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG": "${input:tailscale-compute-audit-log}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs