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Banjo for VS Code

io.github.shatch/banjo

Self-hosted AI assistant that places real phone calls for you: bookings, reservations, errands.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install Banjo in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "database-url",
      "description": "DATABASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-api-key",
      "description": "MCP_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "assistant-principal-name",
      "description": "ASSISTANT_PRINCIPAL_NAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "public-hostname",
      "description": "PUBLIC_HOSTNAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "voice-ai-provider",
      "description": "VOICE_AI_PROVIDER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openai-api-key",
      "description": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "twilio-account-sid",
      "description": "TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "twilio-auth-token",
      "description": "TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "twilio-phone-number",
      "description": "TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "notification-channel",
      "description": "NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "banjo": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/shatch/banjo:0.1.23"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATABASE_URL": "${input:database-url}",
        "MCP_API_KEY": "${input:mcp-api-key}",
        "ASSISTANT_PRINCIPAL_NAME": "${input:assistant-principal-name}",
        "PUBLIC_HOSTNAME": "${input:public-hostname}",
        "VOICE_AI_PROVIDER": "${input:voice-ai-provider}",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "${input:openai-api-key}",
        "TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID": "${input:twilio-account-sid}",
        "TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN": "${input:twilio-auth-token}",
        "TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER": "${input:twilio-phone-number}",
        "NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL": "${input:notification-channel}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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