local delegate for VS Code

io.github.zahirinatzuke/local-delegate

Delegate mechanical text tasks to a local OpenAI-compatible LLM to save Claude quota.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install local delegate in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "local-delegate-base-url",
      "description": "LOCAL_DELEGATE_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "local-delegate-api-key",
      "description": "LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "local-delegate": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "local-delegate-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LOCAL_DELEGATE_BASE_URL": "${input:local-delegate-base-url}",
        "LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY": "${input:local-delegate-api-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

local delegate in other clients

local delegate MCP server