PubNub MCP Server for VS Code
io.github.pubnub/mcp-server
PubNub Model Context Protocol MCP Server for Cursor and Claude
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install PubNub MCP Server in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "pubnub-api-key",
"description": "PUBNUB_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "pubnub-publish-key",
"description": "PUBNUB_PUBLISH_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "pubnub-subscribe-key",
"description": "PUBNUB_SUBSCRIBE_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "pubnub-user-id",
"description": "PUBNUB_USER_ID",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "pubnub-email",
"description": "PUBNUB_EMAIL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "pubnub-password",
"description": "PUBNUB_PASSWORD",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pubnub/mcp"
],
"env": {
"PUBNUB_API_KEY": "${input:pubnub-api-key}",
"PUBNUB_PUBLISH_KEY": "${input:pubnub-publish-key}",
"PUBNUB_SUBSCRIBE_KEY": "${input:pubnub-subscribe-key}",
"PUBNUB_USER_ID": "${input:pubnub-user-id}",
"PUBNUB_EMAIL": "${input:pubnub-email}",
"PUBNUB_PASSWORD": "${input:pubnub-password}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs