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Rustpad MCP Server for VS Code

io.github.ni-c/rustpad-mcp

MCP server for Rustpad, the self-hosted collaborative text editor

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Rustpad MCP Server in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rustpad-url",
      "description": "RUSTPAD_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rustpad-read-only",
      "description": "RUSTPAD_READ_ONLY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rustpad-insecure-tls",
      "description": "RUSTPAD_INSECURE_TLS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rustpad-allow-tools",
      "description": "RUSTPAD_ALLOW_TOOLS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rustpad-deny-tools",
      "description": "RUSTPAD_DENY_TOOLS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "rustpad-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "rustpad-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RUSTPAD_URL": "${input:rustpad-url}",
        "RUSTPAD_READ_ONLY": "${input:rustpad-read-only}",
        "RUSTPAD_INSECURE_TLS": "${input:rustpad-insecure-tls}",
        "RUSTPAD_ALLOW_TOOLS": "${input:rustpad-allow-tools}",
        "RUSTPAD_DENY_TOOLS": "${input:rustpad-deny-tools}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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