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festo codesys mcp for VS Code

io.github.efranceschetti/festo-codesys-mcp

MCP server for Festo/CODESYS PLCs: IEC 61131-3 ST + validated PLCopen XML generation.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install festo codesys mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "festo-mcp-codesys-path",
      "description": "FESTO_MCP_CODESYS_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "festo-mcp-codesys-profile",
      "description": "FESTO_MCP_CODESYS_PROFILE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "festo-mcp-python",
      "description": "FESTO_MCP_PYTHON",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "festo-mcp-enable-hardware",
      "description": "FESTO_MCP_ENABLE_HARDWARE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "festo-mcp-allow-outside-workspace",
      "description": "FESTO_MCP_ALLOW_OUTSIDE_WORKSPACE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "festo-codesys-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "festo-codesys-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FESTO_MCP_CODESYS_PATH": "${input:festo-mcp-codesys-path}",
        "FESTO_MCP_CODESYS_PROFILE": "${input:festo-mcp-codesys-profile}",
        "FESTO_MCP_PYTHON": "${input:festo-mcp-python}",
        "FESTO_MCP_ENABLE_HARDWARE": "${input:festo-mcp-enable-hardware}",
        "FESTO_MCP_ALLOW_OUTSIDE_WORKSPACE": "${input:festo-mcp-allow-outside-workspace}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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