PixInsight Connector for VS Code
io.github.mxcoppell/pixinsight-connector
Operate PixInsight from any MCP agent. Community project, not affiliated with Pleiades Astrophoto
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install PixInsight Connector in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "pixinsight-bin",
"description": "PIXINSIGHT_BIN",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "pixinsight-dir",
"description": "PIXINSIGHT_DIR",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "pixinsight-connector-packs",
"description": "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_PACKS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "pixinsight-connector-autostart",
"description": "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_AUTOSTART",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "pixinsight-connector-workspace",
"description": "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_WORKSPACE",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "pixinsight-connector-state",
"description": "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_STATE",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "pixinsight-connector-log",
"description": "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_LOG",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"pixinsight-connector": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"pixinsight-connector"
],
"env": {
"PIXINSIGHT_BIN": "${input:pixinsight-bin}",
"PIXINSIGHT_DIR": "${input:pixinsight-dir}",
"PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_PACKS": "${input:pixinsight-connector-packs}",
"PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_AUTOSTART": "${input:pixinsight-connector-autostart}",
"PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_WORKSPACE": "${input:pixinsight-connector-workspace}",
"PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_STATE": "${input:pixinsight-connector-state}",
"PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_LOG": "${input:pixinsight-connector-log}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs