ArcGIS MCP Bridge for VS Code

io.github.muend/arcgis-mcp-bridge

Secure local-first MCP server for licensed ArcGIS Pro and ArcPy on Windows.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install ArcGIS MCP Bridge in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "arcpy-python-path",
      "description": "ARCPY_PYTHON_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "arcgis-mcp-allowed-roots",
      "description": "ARCGIS_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "arcgis-mcp-scratch-gdb",
      "description": "ARCGIS_MCP_SCRATCH_GDB",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "arcgis-mcp-max-workers",
      "description": "ARCGIS_MCP_MAX_WORKERS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "arcgis-mcp-bridge": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "arcgis-mcp-bridge"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARCPY_PYTHON_PATH": "${input:arcpy-python-path}",
        "ARCGIS_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS": "${input:arcgis-mcp-allowed-roots}",
        "ARCGIS_MCP_SCRATCH_GDB": "${input:arcgis-mcp-scratch-gdb}",
        "ARCGIS_MCP_MAX_WORKERS": "${input:arcgis-mcp-max-workers}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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