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cap shield for VS Code

io.github.robinlidberg-dot/cap-shield

Context selection and compression for AI agents - recall measured, not claimed.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install cap shield in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "cap-shield-api-key",
      "description": "CAP_SHIELD_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "cap-shield": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "cap-shield"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CAP_SHIELD_API_KEY": "${input:cap-shield-api-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

cap shield in other clients

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