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io.github.ismailperim/briefd

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client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install briefd in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "briefd-source",
      "description": "BRIEFD_SOURCE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "briefd-api-token",
      "description": "BRIEFD_API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "briefd-git-token",
      "description": "BRIEFD_GIT_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "briefd": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/ismailperim/briefd:0.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRIEFD_SOURCE": "${input:briefd-source}",
        "BRIEFD_API_TOKEN": "${input:briefd-api-token}",
        "BRIEFD_GIT_TOKEN": "${input:briefd-git-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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