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localstack mcp server for VS Code

io.github.localstack/localstack-mcp-server

A LocalStack MCP Server providing essential tools for local cloud development & testing

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Install localstack mcp server in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "localstack-auth-token",
      "description": "LOCALSTACK_AUTH_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aws-access-key-id",
      "description": "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aws-secret-access-key",
      "description": "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aws-session-token",
      "description": "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aws-default-region",
      "description": "AWS_DEFAULT_REGION",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aws-replicator-source-aws-access-key-id",
      "description": "AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aws-replicator-source-aws-secret-access-key",
      "description": "AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aws-replicator-source-aws-session-token",
      "description": "AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_AWS_SESSION_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aws-replicator-source-region-name",
      "description": "AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_REGION_NAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aws-replicator-source-endpoint-url",
      "description": "AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_ENDPOINT_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "app-inspector",
      "description": "APP_INSPECTOR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "localstack-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@localstack/localstack-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LOCALSTACK_AUTH_TOKEN": "${input:localstack-auth-token}",
        "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "${input:aws-access-key-id}",
        "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "${input:aws-secret-access-key}",
        "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN": "${input:aws-session-token}",
        "AWS_DEFAULT_REGION": "${input:aws-default-region}",
        "AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "${input:aws-replicator-source-aws-access-key-id}",
        "AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "${input:aws-replicator-source-aws-secret-access-key}",
        "AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_AWS_SESSION_TOKEN": "${input:aws-replicator-source-aws-session-token}",
        "AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_REGION_NAME": "${input:aws-replicator-source-region-name}",
        "AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_ENDPOINT_URL": "${input:aws-replicator-source-endpoint-url}",
        "APP_INSPECTOR": "${input:app-inspector}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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