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Ownly for VS Code

io.github.liuh886/ownly

Local-first Ownly evidence and repeatable Planner visits with preview-before-commit writes.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Ownly in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ownly-data-dir",
      "description": "OWNLY_DATA_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ownly-mcp-allow-write",
      "description": "OWNLY_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openrouteservice-api-key",
      "description": "OPENROUTESERVICE_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "ownly": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ownly-app/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OWNLY_DATA_DIR": "${input:ownly-data-dir}",
        "OWNLY_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE": "${input:ownly-mcp-allow-write}",
        "OPENROUTESERVICE_API_KEY": "${input:openrouteservice-api-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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