hedera mcp for VS Code

io.github.expertvagabond/hedera-mcp

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client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install hedera mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "hedera-network",
      "description": "HEDERA_NETWORK",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "hedera-operator-id",
      "description": "HEDERA_OPERATOR_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "hedera-mirror-url",
      "description": "HEDERA_MIRROR_URL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "hedera-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@purplesquirrel/hedera-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HEDERA_NETWORK": "${input:hedera-network}",
        "HEDERA_OPERATOR_ID": "${input:hedera-operator-id}",
        "HEDERA_MIRROR_URL": "${input:hedera-mirror-url}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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