Skip to content
mcp/harbor
VS Code

africa api mcp for VS Code

io.github.africa-api/africa-api-mcp

MCP server for Africa API — access data on all 54 African countries through Claude

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install africa api mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "africa-api-key",
      "description": "AFRICA_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "africa-api-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "africa-api-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AFRICA_API_KEY": "${input:africa-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

africa api mcp in other clients

africa api mcp MCP server