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.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grafana-test-url",
      "description": "GRAFANA_TEST_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grafana-test-user",
      "description": "GRAFANA_TEST_USER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grafana-test-password",
      "description": "GRAFANA_TEST_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grafana-prod-url",
      "description": "GRAFANA_PROD_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grafana-prod-user",
      "description": "GRAFANA_PROD_USER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grafana-prod-password",
      "description": "GRAFANA_PROD_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grafana-env",
      "description": "GRAFANA_ENV",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grafana-app",
      "description": "GRAFANA_APP",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "grafana-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "grafana-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRAFANA_TEST_URL": "${input:grafana-test-url}",
        "GRAFANA_TEST_USER": "${input:grafana-test-user}",
        "GRAFANA_TEST_PASSWORD": "${input:grafana-test-password}",
        "GRAFANA_PROD_URL": "${input:grafana-prod-url}",
        "GRAFANA_PROD_USER": "${input:grafana-prod-user}",
        "GRAFANA_PROD_PASSWORD": "${input:grafana-prod-password}",
        "GRAFANA_ENV": "${input:grafana-env}",
        "GRAFANA_APP": "${input:grafana-app}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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