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Polar Health Data (self-hosted) for VS Code

io.github.stumason/polar-flow-server

Self-hosted Polar health analytics with a built-in MCP server: sleep, HRV, workouts, baselines.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install Polar Health Data (self-hosted) in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "database-url",
      "description": "DATABASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "polar-client-id",
      "description": "POLAR_CLIENT_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "polar-client-secret",
      "description": "POLAR_CLIENT_SECRET",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "base-url",
      "description": "BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "polar-flow-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/stumason/polar-flow-server:1.5.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATABASE_URL": "${input:database-url}",
        "POLAR_CLIENT_ID": "${input:polar-client-id}",
        "POLAR_CLIENT_SECRET": "${input:polar-client-secret}",
        "BASE_URL": "${input:base-url}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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