MANNA for VS Code

io.github.nsf-simons-cosmicai-institute/manna

MCP server for IVOA astronomical archives: NOIRLab Astro Data Lab, NRAO/ALMA, CADC, ESO, Gaia

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install MANNA in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "manna-archives",
      "description": "MANNA_ARCHIVES",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "manna-allowed-hosts",
      "description": "MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "manna-log-level",
      "description": "MANNA_LOG_LEVEL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "manna-inline-row-limit",
      "description": "MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "manna": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "manna-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MANNA_ARCHIVES": "${input:manna-archives}",
        "MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS": "${input:manna-allowed-hosts}",
        "MANNA_LOG_LEVEL": "${input:manna-log-level}",
        "MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT": "${input:manna-inline-row-limit}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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