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HIG Doctor for VS Code

io.github.raintree-technology/hig-doctor

Apple Human Interface Guidelines search, lookup, and project audits for AI coding agents.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install HIG Doctor in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "hig-skills-dir",
      "description": "HIG_SKILLS_DIR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "hig-doctor": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hig-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HIG_SKILLS_DIR": "${input:hig-skills-dir}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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