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alltrails mcp for VS Code

io.github.chrischall/alltrails-mcp

Unofficial AllTrails MCP for Claude — search trails, get details, reviews, photos, saved lists

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install alltrails mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "alltrails-user-id",
      "description": "ALLTRAILS_USER_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "alltrails-request-timeout-ms",
      "description": "ALLTRAILS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "alltrails-debug-log",
      "description": "ALLTRAILS_DEBUG_LOG",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "alltrails-ws-port",
      "description": "ALLTRAILS_WS_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "alltrails-locale",
      "description": "ALLTRAILS_LOCALE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "alltrails-caller",
      "description": "ALLTRAILS_CALLER",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "alltrails-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "alltrails-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALLTRAILS_USER_ID": "${input:alltrails-user-id}",
        "ALLTRAILS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:alltrails-request-timeout-ms}",
        "ALLTRAILS_DEBUG_LOG": "${input:alltrails-debug-log}",
        "ALLTRAILS_WS_PORT": "${input:alltrails-ws-port}",
        "ALLTRAILS_LOCALE": "${input:alltrails-locale}",
        "ALLTRAILS_CALLER": "${input:alltrails-caller}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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