Just Prompt for VS Code: Setup & Config

What you can do with Just Prompt in VS Code

Keep model comparison, saved answers, and a panel's final decision within one MCP workflow.

• Compare independently generated answers to one prompt without switching assistant integrations.
• Ask a designated decision model to weigh a panel's responses.

Before you start: Just Prompt in VS Code

• Python and uv
• Local checkout with dependencies prepared using uv sync
• Credentials for chosen hosted providers, or an Ollama endpoint

This is the minimal README launch, not uv sync alone, which only prepares dependencies. The dot refers to the checkout directory; use the checkout's path if the client starts elsewhere. Provider values can be supplied by environment or .env. The optional --default-models argument chooses fallback models.

Just Prompt VS Code configuration

1. Choose VS Code configuration scope

   For Just Prompt, open Workspace: .vscode/mcp.json. Merge into servers; preserve existing inputs.

2. Add Just Prompt to VS Code

   Use the just-prompt entry below in servers. Keep Just Prompt's documented stdio connection fields and your other VS Code entries.

3. Check Just Prompt in VS Code

   Just Prompt: Start in VS Code’s MCP controls; inspect output and trust prompts.

{
  "servers": {
    "just-prompt": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        ".",
        "run",
        "just-prompt"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<credential if selecting OpenAI models>",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<credential if selecting Anthropic models>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<credential if selecting Gemini models>",
        "GROQ_API_KEY": "<credential if selecting Groq models>",
        "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "<credential if selecting DeepSeek models>",
        "OLLAMA_HOST": "<address of the Ollama instance to consult>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Just Prompt tools available to VS Code

Just Prompt's stored tool list documents 6 tools; compare it with VS Code's connected tool list, because the stored list is not a live check.

ceo_and_board

Look for ceo_and_board among VS Code's agent-mode tools after starting Just Prompt through the MCP controls.

Gather a panel's model responses, ask a designated model for a decision, and save the resulting files.

prompt_from_file_to_file

Look for prompt_from_file_to_file among VS Code's agent-mode tools after starting Just Prompt through the MCP controls.

Read a local prompt by absolute path and write model answers to Markdown output files.

prompt_from_file

Look for prompt_from_file among VS Code's agent-mode tools after starting Just Prompt through the MCP controls.

prompt

Look for prompt among VS Code's agent-mode tools after starting Just Prompt through the MCP controls.

Submit text directly to a chosen model set, falling back to configured models when omitted.

list_models

Look for list_models among VS Code's agent-mode tools after starting Just Prompt through the MCP controls.

list_providers

Look for list_providers among VS Code's agent-mode tools after starting Just Prompt through the MCP controls.

Just Prompt: full stored tool descriptions

Troubleshooting Just Prompt in VS Code

• Make uv available in the workspace, container, or remote environment hosting Just Prompt. Start through VS Code's MCP controls; inspect output and trust prompts.
• For Just Prompt, keep ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, DEEPSEEK_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, GROQ_API_KEY, OLLAMA_HOST, OPENAI_API_KEY out of version control; VS Code documents input variables and secret handling.
• Just Prompt uses stdio here: VS Code must keep the configured process running; protocol output belongs on stdout and diagnostics on stderr.
• Known limitation: File-based operations require absolute prompt and output paths.
• Known limitation: Each hosted backend needs its own usable credential.
• Known limitation: Reasoning suffixes are tied to documented models and provider-specific limits.
• General VS Code troubleshooting lives in the /clients/vscode guide.

Frequently asked questions