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aegis for VS Code

io.github.getaegis/aegis

Credential isolation for AI agents. Inject secrets at the network boundary.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install aegis in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aegis-master-key",
      "description": "AEGIS_MASTER_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aegis-salt",
      "description": "AEGIS_SALT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aegis-data-dir",
      "description": "AEGIS_DATA_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aegis-port",
      "description": "AEGIS_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aegis-log-level",
      "description": "AEGIS_LOG_LEVEL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aegis-log-format",
      "description": "AEGIS_LOG_FORMAT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aegis-vault",
      "description": "AEGIS_VAULT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aegis-require-agent-auth",
      "description": "AEGIS_REQUIRE_AGENT_AUTH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aegis-policy-mode",
      "description": "AEGIS_POLICY_MODE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aegis-policies-dir",
      "description": "AEGIS_POLICIES_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aegis-metrics",
      "description": "AEGIS_METRICS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "aegis": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@getaegis/cli"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AEGIS_MASTER_KEY": "${input:aegis-master-key}",
        "AEGIS_SALT": "${input:aegis-salt}",
        "AEGIS_DATA_DIR": "${input:aegis-data-dir}",
        "AEGIS_PORT": "${input:aegis-port}",
        "AEGIS_LOG_LEVEL": "${input:aegis-log-level}",
        "AEGIS_LOG_FORMAT": "${input:aegis-log-format}",
        "AEGIS_VAULT": "${input:aegis-vault}",
        "AEGIS_REQUIRE_AGENT_AUTH": "${input:aegis-require-agent-auth}",
        "AEGIS_POLICY_MODE": "${input:aegis-policy-mode}",
        "AEGIS_POLICIES_DIR": "${input:aegis-policies-dir}",
        "AEGIS_METRICS": "${input:aegis-metrics}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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