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mcp tmux for VS Code

io.github.k8ika0s/mcp-tmux

Model Context Protocol server that lets LLMs collaboratively drive tmux

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install mcp tmux in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-tmux-host",
      "description": "MCP_TMUX_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-tmux-session",
      "description": "MCP_TMUX_SESSION",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tmux-bin",
      "description": "TMUX_BIN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-tmux-timeout-ms",
      "description": "MCP_TMUX_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-tmux-log-dir",
      "description": "MCP_TMUX_LOG_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-tmux-hosts-file",
      "description": "MCP_TMUX_HOSTS_FILE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-tmux": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@k8ika0s/mcp-tmux"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TMUX_HOST": "${input:mcp-tmux-host}",
        "MCP_TMUX_SESSION": "${input:mcp-tmux-session}",
        "TMUX_BIN": "${input:tmux-bin}",
        "MCP_TMUX_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:mcp-tmux-timeout-ms}",
        "MCP_TMUX_LOG_DIR": "${input:mcp-tmux-log-dir}",
        "MCP_TMUX_HOSTS_FILE": "${input:mcp-tmux-hosts-file}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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