bash command mcp for VS Code
io.github.mrorigo/bash-command-mcp
Sophisticated bash command MCP server that runs and manages shell execution.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install bash command mcp in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "otel-enabled",
"description": "OTEL_ENABLED",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "otel-service-name",
"description": "OTEL_SERVICE_NAME",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "otel-service-version",
"description": "OTEL_SERVICE_VERSION",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "otel-exporter-otlp-endpoint",
"description": "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "otel-metric-export-interval-ms",
"description": "OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_INTERVAL_MS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "bash-command-mcp-log-dir",
"description": "BASH_COMMAND_MCP_LOG_DIR",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"bash-command-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"bash-command-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OTEL_ENABLED": "${input:otel-enabled}",
"OTEL_SERVICE_NAME": "${input:otel-service-name}",
"OTEL_SERVICE_VERSION": "${input:otel-service-version}",
"OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT": "${input:otel-exporter-otlp-endpoint}",
"OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_INTERVAL_MS": "${input:otel-metric-export-interval-ms}",
"BASH_COMMAND_MCP_LOG_DIR": "${input:bash-command-mcp-log-dir}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs