Skip to content
mcp/harbor
VS Code

openzim mcp for VS Code

io.github.cameronrye/openzim-mcp

Offline MCP access to ZIM knowledge archives — Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Stack Exchange, Kiwix.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install openzim mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openzim-mcp-tool-mode",
      "description": "OPENZIM_MCP_TOOL_MODE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "openzim-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openzim-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENZIM_MCP_TOOL_MODE": "${input:openzim-mcp-tool-mode}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

openzim mcp in other clients

openzim mcp MCP server