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Dimensions Analytics for VS Code

ai.dimensions/analytics-mcp

Search and analyze Dimensions research data: publications, grants, researchers, patents, trials

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Dimensions Analytics in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "dimensions-api-key",
      "description": "DIMENSIONS_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "dimensions-base-url",
      "description": "DIMENSIONS_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "analytics-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@digital-science-dsl/dimensions-analytics-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DIMENSIONS_API_KEY": "${input:dimensions-api-key}",
        "DIMENSIONS_BASE_URL": "${input:dimensions-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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