payfast for VS Code

io.github.jpbester/payfast

MCP server for PayFast — AI assistants interact with South Africa's payment gateway

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install payfast in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "payfast-merchant-id",
      "description": "PAYFAST_MERCHANT_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "payfast-merchant-key",
      "description": "PAYFAST_MERCHANT_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "payfast-passphrase",
      "description": "PAYFAST_PASSPHRASE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "payfast-environment",
      "description": "PAYFAST_ENVIRONMENT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "payfast": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "payfast-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PAYFAST_MERCHANT_ID": "${input:payfast-merchant-id}",
        "PAYFAST_MERCHANT_KEY": "${input:payfast-merchant-key}",
        "PAYFAST_PASSPHRASE": "${input:payfast-passphrase}",
        "PAYFAST_ENVIRONMENT": "${input:payfast-environment}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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