pkgtruth for VS Code

io.github.hxckya/pkgtruth

Catches hallucinated and slopsquatted npm and PyPI packages before an agent installs them.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install pkgtruth in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "pkgtruth-registry",
      "description": "PKGTRUTH_REGISTRY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "pkgtruth-downloads-api",
      "description": "PKGTRUTH_DOWNLOADS_API",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "pkgtruth-cache-dir",
      "description": "PKGTRUTH_CACHE_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "pkgtruth-timeout-ms",
      "description": "PKGTRUTH_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "pkgtruth": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pkgtruth"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PKGTRUTH_REGISTRY": "${input:pkgtruth-registry}",
        "PKGTRUTH_DOWNLOADS_API": "${input:pkgtruth-downloads-api}",
        "PKGTRUTH_CACHE_DIR": "${input:pkgtruth-cache-dir}",
        "PKGTRUTH_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:pkgtruth-timeout-ms}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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