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pilotfish (local) for VS Code

io.github.gai-ventures/pilotfish

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Install pilotfish (local) in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "pilotfish-headless",
      "description": "PILOTFISH_HEADLESS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "pilotfish-allowed-hosts",
      "description": "PILOTFISH_ALLOWED_HOSTS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "pilotfish-secrets",
      "description": "PILOTFISH_SECRETS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "pilotfish": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@gaiventures/pilotfish-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PILOTFISH_HEADLESS": "${input:pilotfish-headless}",
        "PILOTFISH_ALLOWED_HOSTS": "${input:pilotfish-allowed-hosts}",
        "PILOTFISH_SECRETS": "${input:pilotfish-secrets}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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