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herohunt mcp for VS Code

io.github.herohunt-ai/herohunt-mcp

People search API - find 1 billion candidates across LinkedIn and GitHub with real-time data.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install herohunt mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "herohunt-api-key",
      "description": "HEROHUNT_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "herohunt-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "herohunt-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HEROHUNT_API_KEY": "${input:herohunt-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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