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Reuse Before Generate for VS Code

io.github.aradar46/reuse-before-generate

Checks whether your idea already exists before your agent builds it. Searches GitHub, npm, Python.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Reuse Before Generate in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "github-token",
      "description": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "reuse-before-generate": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reuse-before-generate"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "${input:github-token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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