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LINZA for VS Code

io.github.semiotronika/linza-mcp

Local-first MCP sidecar for Markdown artifacts, review intents, and supervised knowledge growth.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install LINZA in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "linza-vault",
      "description": "LINZA_VAULT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "linza-embed-provider",
      "description": "LINZA_EMBED_PROVIDER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "linza-embed-url",
      "description": "LINZA_EMBED_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "linza-embed-model",
      "description": "LINZA_EMBED_MODEL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "linza-embed-key",
      "description": "LINZA_EMBED_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "linza-bridge-threshold",
      "description": "LINZA_BRIDGE_THRESHOLD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "linza-max-bridge-pairs",
      "description": "LINZA_MAX_BRIDGE_PAIRS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "linza-default-profile",
      "description": "LINZA_DEFAULT_PROFILE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "linza-language",
      "description": "LINZA_LANGUAGE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "linza-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "linza-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LINZA_VAULT": "${input:linza-vault}",
        "LINZA_EMBED_PROVIDER": "${input:linza-embed-provider}",
        "LINZA_EMBED_URL": "${input:linza-embed-url}",
        "LINZA_EMBED_MODEL": "${input:linza-embed-model}",
        "LINZA_EMBED_KEY": "${input:linza-embed-key}",
        "LINZA_BRIDGE_THRESHOLD": "${input:linza-bridge-threshold}",
        "LINZA_MAX_BRIDGE_PAIRS": "${input:linza-max-bridge-pairs}",
        "LINZA_DEFAULT_PROFILE": "${input:linza-default-profile}",
        "LINZA_LANGUAGE": "${input:linza-language}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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