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FAOSTAT MCP for VS Code

io.github.berba-q/faostat-mcp

FAOSTAT data for 245 countries: crops, trade, food security, and emissions via 21 MCP tools.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install FAOSTAT MCP in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "faostat-api-token",
      "description": "FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "faostat-username",
      "description": "FAOSTAT_USERNAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "faostat-password",
      "description": "FAOSTAT_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "faostat-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "faostat-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN": "${input:faostat-api-token}",
        "FAOSTAT_USERNAME": "${input:faostat-username}",
        "FAOSTAT_PASSWORD": "${input:faostat-password}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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