GitWhy — The Context Layer for Git for VS Code
io.github.gitwhy-cli/gitwhy
The shared AI context engine for git — save, search, and share the reasoning behind code changes.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install GitWhy — The Context Layer for Git in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "gitwhy-api-key",
"description": "GITWHY_API_KEY",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"gitwhy": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"gitwhy-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GITWHY_API_KEY": "${input:gitwhy-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