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AppCrane for VS Code

io.github.gitayg/appcrane

Deploy and manage apps on your own AppCrane instance, the self-hosted PaaS for AI-built apps.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install AppCrane in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "appcrane-url",
      "description": "APPCRANE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "appcrane-key",
      "description": "APPCRANE_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "appcrane-github-token",
      "description": "APPCRANE_GITHUB_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "appcrane": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "appcrane-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPCRANE_URL": "${input:appcrane-url}",
        "APPCRANE_KEY": "${input:appcrane-key}",
        "APPCRANE_GITHUB_TOKEN": "${input:appcrane-github-token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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