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Kani MCP Server for VS Code

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client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Kani MCP Server in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "wanikani-api-token",
      "description": "WANIKANI_API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "wanikani-api-base-url",
      "description": "WANIKANI_API_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "kani-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kani-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WANIKANI_API_TOKEN": "${input:wanikani-api-token}",
        "WANIKANI_API_BASE_URL": "${input:wanikani-api-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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