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MCP Task Orchestrator for VS Code

io.github.jpicklyk/task-orchestrator

Server-enforced workflow discipline for AI agents: work items, dependency graphs, quality gates

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install MCP Task Orchestrator in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "database-path",
      "description": "DATABASE_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "use-flyway",
      "description": "USE_FLYWAY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "agent-config-dir",
      "description": "AGENT_CONFIG_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-transport",
      "description": "MCP_TRANSPORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-http-port",
      "description": "MCP_HTTP_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "log-level",
      "description": "LOG_LEVEL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "task-orchestrator": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/jpicklyk/task-orchestrator:3.14.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATABASE_PATH": "${input:database-path}",
        "USE_FLYWAY": "${input:use-flyway}",
        "AGENT_CONFIG_DIR": "${input:agent-config-dir}",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "${input:mcp-transport}",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "${input:mcp-http-port}",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "${input:log-level}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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