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specshield mcp server for VS Code

io.github.specshield-io/specshield-mcp-server

The API-change deploy gate for AI coding agents. Read-only breaking-change detection.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install specshield mcp server in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "specshield-api-key",
      "description": "SPECSHIELD_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "specshield-api-url",
      "description": "SPECSHIELD_API_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "specshield-timeout-ms",
      "description": "SPECSHIELD_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "specshield-log-level",
      "description": "SPECSHIELD_LOG_LEVEL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "specshield-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "specshield-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SPECSHIELD_API_KEY": "${input:specshield-api-key}",
        "SPECSHIELD_API_URL": "${input:specshield-api-url}",
        "SPECSHIELD_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:specshield-timeout-ms}",
        "SPECSHIELD_LOG_LEVEL": "${input:specshield-log-level}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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