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mcp for VS Code

io.github.instanode-dev/mcp

Provision Postgres databases + webhooks from AI coding agents in one HTTP call.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "instanode-token",
      "description": "INSTANODE_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "instanode-api-base",
      "description": "INSTANODE_API_BASE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@instanode/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "INSTANODE_TOKEN": "${input:instanode-token}",
        "INSTANODE_API_BASE": "${input:instanode-api-base}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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