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Imperal MCP for VS Code

io.github.imperalcloud/imperal-mcp

Build, validate, smoke-test & deploy Imperal declarative IR apps from any LLM or agent.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Imperal MCP in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imperal-api-url",
      "description": "IMPERAL_API_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imperal-token",
      "description": "IMPERAL_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "imperal-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "imperal-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IMPERAL_API_URL": "${input:imperal-api-url}",
        "IMPERAL_TOKEN": "${input:imperal-token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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