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John's Essentials for VS Code

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client:VS Code transport:streamable-http

Install John's Essentials in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "johns-essentials": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.johnsessentials.com/mcp/messages"
    }
  }
}

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