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Cheaplane for VS Code

io.github.millennialdreamer/cheaplane

Offload grunt work from your premium agent to cheap models — auto-routing and billing isolation.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Cheaplane in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "delegate-base-url",
      "description": "DELEGATE_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "delegate-api-key",
      "description": "DELEGATE_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "delegate-timeout",
      "description": "DELEGATE_TIMEOUT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "delegate-model-map",
      "description": "DELEGATE_MODEL_MAP",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "delegate-no-log",
      "description": "DELEGATE_NO_LOG",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "cheaplane": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "cheaplane"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DELEGATE_BASE_URL": "${input:delegate-base-url}",
        "DELEGATE_API_KEY": "${input:delegate-api-key}",
        "DELEGATE_TIMEOUT": "${input:delegate-timeout}",
        "DELEGATE_MODEL_MAP": "${input:delegate-model-map}",
        "DELEGATE_NO_LOG": "${input:delegate-no-log}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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