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grad-agent for VS Code

io.github.i-ninte/grad-agent

Autonomous MCP agent for grad school applications: prof discovery, cold emails, SOP, tracking.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install grad-agent in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anthropic-api-key",
      "description": "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "smtp-server",
      "description": "SMTP_SERVER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "smtp-port",
      "description": "SMTP_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "smtp-username",
      "description": "SMTP_USERNAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "smtp-password",
      "description": "SMTP_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "smtp-from",
      "description": "SMTP_FROM",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "github-token",
      "description": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "hf-token",
      "description": "HF_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grad-agent-home",
      "description": "GRAD_AGENT_HOME",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "grad-agent": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "grad-agent"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "${input:anthropic-api-key}",
        "SMTP_SERVER": "${input:smtp-server}",
        "SMTP_PORT": "${input:smtp-port}",
        "SMTP_USERNAME": "${input:smtp-username}",
        "SMTP_PASSWORD": "${input:smtp-password}",
        "SMTP_FROM": "${input:smtp-from}",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "${input:github-token}",
        "HF_TOKEN": "${input:hf-token}",
        "GRAD_AGENT_HOME": "${input:grad-agent-home}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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