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socraticode for VS Code

io.github.giancarloerra/socraticode

MCP server for enterprise local codebase indexing, semantic search, and code dependency graphs.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install socraticode in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "embedding-provider",
      "description": "EMBEDDING_PROVIDER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openai-api-key",
      "description": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "google-api-key",
      "description": "GOOGLE_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ollama-url",
      "description": "OLLAMA_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "embedding-model",
      "description": "EMBEDDING_MODEL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "embedding-dimensions",
      "description": "EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ollama-mode",
      "description": "OLLAMA_MODE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ollama-api-key",
      "description": "OLLAMA_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "lmstudio-url",
      "description": "LMSTUDIO_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "lmstudio-api-key",
      "description": "LMSTUDIO_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "lmstudio-allow-missing-model-listing",
      "description": "LMSTUDIO_ALLOW_MISSING_MODEL_LISTING",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "litellm-url",
      "description": "LITELLM_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "litellm-api-key",
      "description": "LITELLM_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "litellm-send-dimensions",
      "description": "LITELLM_SEND_DIMENSIONS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "qdrant-mode",
      "description": "QDRANT_MODE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "qdrant-url",
      "description": "QDRANT_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "qdrant-api-key",
      "description": "QDRANT_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "socraticode": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "socraticode"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EMBEDDING_PROVIDER": "${input:embedding-provider}",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "${input:openai-api-key}",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "${input:google-api-key}",
        "OLLAMA_URL": "${input:ollama-url}",
        "EMBEDDING_MODEL": "${input:embedding-model}",
        "EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS": "${input:embedding-dimensions}",
        "OLLAMA_MODE": "${input:ollama-mode}",
        "OLLAMA_API_KEY": "${input:ollama-api-key}",
        "LMSTUDIO_URL": "${input:lmstudio-url}",
        "LMSTUDIO_API_KEY": "${input:lmstudio-api-key}",
        "LMSTUDIO_ALLOW_MISSING_MODEL_LISTING": "${input:lmstudio-allow-missing-model-listing}",
        "LITELLM_URL": "${input:litellm-url}",
        "LITELLM_API_KEY": "${input:litellm-api-key}",
        "LITELLM_SEND_DIMENSIONS": "${input:litellm-send-dimensions}",
        "QDRANT_MODE": "${input:qdrant-mode}",
        "QDRANT_URL": "${input:qdrant-url}",
        "QDRANT_API_KEY": "${input:qdrant-api-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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