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Argus Retrieval for VS Code

io.github.khamel83/argus

Multi-provider search broker for AI agents: 14 providers, 12-step extraction, retrieval workflows.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Argus Retrieval in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "argus-wolfram-api-key",
      "description": "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "argus-brave-api-key",
      "description": "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "argus-tavily-api-key",
      "description": "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "argus-exa-api-key",
      "description": "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "argus-serper-api-key",
      "description": "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "argus-linkup-api-key",
      "description": "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "argus-searxng-base-url",
      "description": "ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "argus-data-root",
      "description": "ARGUS_DATA_ROOT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "argus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "${input:argus-wolfram-api-key}",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "${input:argus-brave-api-key}",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "${input:argus-tavily-api-key}",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "${input:argus-exa-api-key}",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "${input:argus-serper-api-key}",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "${input:argus-linkup-api-key}",
        "ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "${input:argus-searxng-base-url}",
        "ARGUS_DATA_ROOT": "${input:argus-data-root}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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