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io.github.kyrzin/kybase

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Install Kybase in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kybase-data-dir",
      "description": "KYBASE_DATA_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "embedding-provider",
      "description": "EMBEDDING_PROVIDER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ollama-url",
      "description": "OLLAMA_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ollama-model",
      "description": "OLLAMA_MODEL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "google-api-key",
      "description": "GOOGLE_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openai-api-key",
      "description": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "database-url",
      "description": "DATABASE_URL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "kybase": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kybase-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KYBASE_DATA_DIR": "${input:kybase-data-dir}",
        "EMBEDDING_PROVIDER": "${input:embedding-provider}",
        "OLLAMA_URL": "${input:ollama-url}",
        "OLLAMA_MODEL": "${input:ollama-model}",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "${input:google-api-key}",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "${input:openai-api-key}",
        "DATABASE_URL": "${input:database-url}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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