handoff-desk for VS Code

io.github.voyageurworks/handoff-desk

Hand tasks from Claude Code, Cursor or Codex to a personal agent through a folder of markdown notes.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install handoff-desk in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "handoff-dir",
      "description": "HANDOFF_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "handoff-telegram-bot-token",
      "description": "HANDOFF_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "handoff-telegram-chat-id",
      "description": "HANDOFF_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "handoff-slack-webhook-url",
      "description": "HANDOFF_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "handoff-notify-include-request",
      "description": "HANDOFF_NOTIFY_INCLUDE_REQUEST",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "handoff-desk": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@voyageurworks/handoff-desk"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HANDOFF_DIR": "${input:handoff-dir}",
        "HANDOFF_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "${input:handoff-telegram-bot-token}",
        "HANDOFF_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID": "${input:handoff-telegram-chat-id}",
        "HANDOFF_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL": "${input:handoff-slack-webhook-url}",
        "HANDOFF_NOTIFY_INCLUDE_REQUEST": "${input:handoff-notify-include-request}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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