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UniFi Gateway for VS Code

io.github.pete-builds/unifi

Safe-by-default UniFi MCP: Network + Protect + Access, multi-site, dry-run, audit log.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install UniFi Gateway in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "stub-mode",
      "description": "STUB_MODE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-host",
      "description": "UNIFI_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-api-key",
      "description": "UNIFI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-site",
      "description": "UNIFI_SITE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-verify-ssl",
      "description": "UNIFI_VERIFY_SSL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-unifi-controllers-file",
      "description": "MCP_UNIFI_CONTROLLERS_FILE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-unifi-modules-enabled",
      "description": "MCP_UNIFI_MODULES_ENABLED",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-access-host",
      "description": "UNIFI_ACCESS_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-access-api-key",
      "description": "UNIFI_ACCESS_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-access-port",
      "description": "UNIFI_ACCESS_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-unifi-audit-sink",
      "description": "MCP_UNIFI_AUDIT_SINK",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-unifi-audit-path",
      "description": "MCP_UNIFI_AUDIT_PATH",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "unifi": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/pete-builds/mcp-unifi:0.23.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STUB_MODE": "${input:stub-mode}",
        "UNIFI_HOST": "${input:unifi-host}",
        "UNIFI_API_KEY": "${input:unifi-api-key}",
        "UNIFI_SITE": "${input:unifi-site}",
        "UNIFI_VERIFY_SSL": "${input:unifi-verify-ssl}",
        "MCP_UNIFI_CONTROLLERS_FILE": "${input:mcp-unifi-controllers-file}",
        "MCP_UNIFI_MODULES_ENABLED": "${input:mcp-unifi-modules-enabled}",
        "UNIFI_ACCESS_HOST": "${input:unifi-access-host}",
        "UNIFI_ACCESS_API_KEY": "${input:unifi-access-api-key}",
        "UNIFI_ACCESS_PORT": "${input:unifi-access-port}",
        "MCP_UNIFI_AUDIT_SINK": "${input:mcp-unifi-audit-sink}",
        "MCP_UNIFI_AUDIT_PATH": "${input:mcp-unifi-audit-path}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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