q-ring for VS Code

io.github.i4ctime/q-ring

OS keychain secrets for AI coding agents, over MCP.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install q-ring in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "qring-backend",
      "description": "QRING_BACKEND",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "qring-file-passphrase",
      "description": "QRING_FILE_PASSPHRASE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "qring-file-backend-path",
      "description": "QRING_FILE_BACKEND_PATH",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "q-ring": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@i4ctime/q-ring"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QRING_BACKEND": "${input:qring-backend}",
        "QRING_FILE_PASSPHRASE": "${input:qring-file-passphrase}",
        "QRING_FILE_BACKEND_PATH": "${input:qring-file-backend-path}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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