backburner for VS Code
io.github.rohityajee8076/backburner
Run long shell commands as background tasks: start them, keep working, collect the results later
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:pypi
Install backburner in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "backburner-home",
"description": "BACKBURNER_HOME",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "backburner-allow",
"description": "BACKBURNER_ALLOW",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "backburner-deny",
"description": "BACKBURNER_DENY",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"backburner": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"backburner-mcp"
],
"env": {
"BACKBURNER_HOME": "${input:backburner-home}",
"BACKBURNER_ALLOW": "${input:backburner-allow}",
"BACKBURNER_DENY": "${input:backburner-deny}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs