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ForgingStack Watchtower for VS Code

io.github.jdkabattles/forgingstack-watchtower

An agent that stops checking in is an agent you hear about.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install ForgingStack Watchtower in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "forgingstack-api-base",
      "description": "FORGINGSTACK_API_BASE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "forgingstack-api-key",
      "description": "FORGINGSTACK_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "forgingstack-watchtower": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "forgingstack-watchtower"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FORGINGSTACK_API_BASE": "${input:forgingstack-api-base}",
        "FORGINGSTACK_API_KEY": "${input:forgingstack-api-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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