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mcp server for VS Code

io.github.apitier/mcp-server

APITier utility APIs as MCP tools: validation, UK/India address lookup, barcode/QR, data conversion.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install mcp server in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "apitier-email-key",
      "description": "APITIER_EMAIL_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "apitier-phone-key",
      "description": "APITIER_PHONE_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "apitier-vat-key",
      "description": "APITIER_VAT_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "apitier-postcode-key",
      "description": "APITIER_POSTCODE_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "apitier-pincode-key",
      "description": "APITIER_PINCODE_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "apitier-barcode-key",
      "description": "APITIER_BARCODE_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "apitier-convert-data-key",
      "description": "APITIER_CONVERT_DATA_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@apitier/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APITIER_EMAIL_KEY": "${input:apitier-email-key}",
        "APITIER_PHONE_KEY": "${input:apitier-phone-key}",
        "APITIER_VAT_KEY": "${input:apitier-vat-key}",
        "APITIER_POSTCODE_KEY": "${input:apitier-postcode-key}",
        "APITIER_PINCODE_KEY": "${input:apitier-pincode-key}",
        "APITIER_BARCODE_KEY": "${input:apitier-barcode-key}",
        "APITIER_CONVERT_DATA_KEY": "${input:apitier-convert-data-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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