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