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band mcp for VS Code

io.github.chrischall/band-mcp

Unofficial BAND (band.us) MCP for Claude — bands, posts, comments, events, members and chats

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install band mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "band-ws-port",
      "description": "BAND_WS_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-user-tz",
      "description": "MCP_USER_TZ",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "band-debug",
      "description": "BAND_DEBUG",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-confirm-mode",
      "description": "MCP_CONFIRM_MODE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-confirm-elicitation",
      "description": "MCP_CONFIRM_ELICITATION",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "band-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/band-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BAND_WS_PORT": "${input:band-ws-port}",
        "MCP_USER_TZ": "${input:mcp-user-tz}",
        "BAND_DEBUG": "${input:band-debug}",
        "MCP_CONFIRM_MODE": "${input:mcp-confirm-mode}",
        "MCP_CONFIRM_ELICITATION": "${input:mcp-confirm-elicitation}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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