NY Data Registry for VS Code

io.github.betanyc/ny-data-registry-mcp

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client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install NY Data Registry in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ny-data-index-auto-download",
      "description": "NY_DATA_INDEX_AUTO_DOWNLOAD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "socrata-app-token",
      "description": "SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "ny-data-registry-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@betanyc/ny-data-registry-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NY_DATA_INDEX_AUTO_DOWNLOAD": "${input:ny-data-index-auto-download}",
        "SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN": "${input:socrata-app-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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