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umbryn mcp for VS Code

io.github.rinava/umbryn-mcp

Redacts PII/PHI from text before it reaches an LLM. Fail-closed, self-hosted, no egress.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install umbryn mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "umbryn-engine",
      "description": "UMBRYN_ENGINE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "umbryn-min-confidence",
      "description": "UMBRYN_MIN_CONFIDENCE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "umbryn-detection-floor",
      "description": "UMBRYN_DETECTION_FLOOR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "umbryn-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "umbryn-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UMBRYN_ENGINE": "${input:umbryn-engine}",
        "UMBRYN_MIN_CONFIDENCE": "${input:umbryn-min-confidence}",
        "UMBRYN_DETECTION_FLOOR": "${input:umbryn-detection-floor}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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