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dropscan mcp for VS Code

io.github.bitterdev/dropscan-mcp

MCP server for the Dropscan postal mail scanning API: read scanned letters, act on mailings.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install dropscan mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "dropscan-api-token",
      "description": "DROPSCAN_API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "dropscan-allow-writes",
      "description": "DROPSCAN_ALLOW_WRITES",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "dropscan-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "dropscan-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DROPSCAN_API_TOKEN": "${input:dropscan-api-token}",
        "DROPSCAN_ALLOW_WRITES": "${input:dropscan-allow-writes}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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