MCPSentinel for VS Code
io.github.gentaarnezzi/mcpsentinel
Precision-first security scanning for Model Context Protocol servers.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:pypi
Install MCPSentinel in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mcpsentinel-allowed-hosts",
"description": "MCPSENTINEL_ALLOWED_HOSTS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mcpsentinel-allow-private-http-targets",
"description": "MCPSENTINEL_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HTTP_TARGETS",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"mcpsentinel": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-guardian-scan"
],
"env": {
"MCPSENTINEL_ALLOWED_HOSTS": "${input:mcpsentinel-allowed-hosts}",
"MCPSENTINEL_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HTTP_TARGETS": "${input:mcpsentinel-allow-private-http-targets}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs