govcontractscout mcp for VS Code

io.github.govcontractscout/govcontractscout-mcp

MCP server exposing the GovContractScout US government contracts API to AI agents.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install govcontractscout mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gcs-api-key",
      "description": "GCS_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "govcontractscout-api-base",
      "description": "GOVCONTRACTSCOUT_API_BASE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "govcontractscout-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "govcontractscout-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GCS_API_KEY": "${input:gcs-api-key}",
        "GOVCONTRACTSCOUT_API_BASE": "${input:govcontractscout-api-base}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

govcontractscout mcp in other clients

govcontractscout mcp MCP server