Gradus Notation for VS Code

com.gradusmusic/notation

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client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Gradus Notation in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gradus-notation-api-base",
      "description": "GRADUS_NOTATION_API_BASE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gradus-agent-name",
      "description": "GRADUS_AGENT_NAME",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "notation": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@gradusmusic/notation-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRADUS_NOTATION_API_BASE": "${input:gradus-notation-api-base}",
        "GRADUS_AGENT_NAME": "${input:gradus-agent-name}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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