claude flow for VS Code
io.github.ruvnet/claude-flow
AI orchestration with hive-mind swarms, neural networks, and 87 MCP tools for enterprise dev.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install claude flow in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "anthropic-api-key",
"description": "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "claude-flow-mode",
"description": "CLAUDE_FLOW_MODE",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "claude-flow-memory-path",
"description": "CLAUDE_FLOW_MEMORY_PATH",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "claude-flow-max-agents",
"description": "CLAUDE_FLOW_MAX_AGENTS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "claude-flow-port",
"description": "CLAUDE_FLOW_PORT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "github-token",
"description": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "flow-nexus-api-key",
"description": "FLOW_NEXUS_API_KEY",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"claude-flow": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"claude-flow"
],
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "${input:anthropic-api-key}",
"CLAUDE_FLOW_MODE": "${input:claude-flow-mode}",
"CLAUDE_FLOW_MEMORY_PATH": "${input:claude-flow-memory-path}",
"CLAUDE_FLOW_MAX_AGENTS": "${input:claude-flow-max-agents}",
"CLAUDE_FLOW_PORT": "${input:claude-flow-port}",
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "${input:github-token}",
"FLOW_NEXUS_API_KEY": "${input:flow-nexus-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