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J-Link MCP for VS Code

io.github.klievan/jlink-mcp

Debug embedded firmware on real hardware: J-Link probes, Cortex-M faults, RTT logs, GDB.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install J-Link MCP in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "jlink-device",
      "description": "JLINK_DEVICE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "jlink-serial",
      "description": "JLINK_SERIAL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "svd-path",
      "description": "SVD_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "jlink-rtt-addr",
      "description": "JLINK_RTT_ADDR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "jlink-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "jlink-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JLINK_DEVICE": "${input:jlink-device}",
        "JLINK_SERIAL": "${input:jlink-serial}",
        "SVD_PATH": "${input:svd-path}",
        "JLINK_RTT_ADDR": "${input:jlink-rtt-addr}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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