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Embedded / IoT Mentor for VS Code

io.github.mh-mansouri/embedded-iot-mentor

Embedded/IoT mentor: picks the board and toolchain, estimates cost and battery life.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install Embedded / IoT Mentor in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "host",
      "description": "HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "port",
      "description": "PORT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "embedded-iot-mentor": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/mh-mansouri/embedded-iot-mentor-mcp:1.1.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HOST": "${input:host}",
        "PORT": "${input:port}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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