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myhotlunchbox mcp for VS Code

io.github.chrischall/myhotlunchbox-mcp

My Hot Lunchbox school lunch ordering for Claude — calendar, cart, orders, payments

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install myhotlunchbox mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "myhotlunchbox-username",
      "description": "MYHOTLUNCHBOX_USERNAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "myhotlunchbox-password",
      "description": "MYHOTLUNCHBOX_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "myhotlunchbox-base-url",
      "description": "MYHOTLUNCHBOX_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "myhotlunchbox-output-dir",
      "description": "MYHOTLUNCHBOX_OUTPUT_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "myhotlunchbox-token-cache",
      "description": "MYHOTLUNCHBOX_TOKEN_CACHE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "myhotlunchbox-token-file",
      "description": "MYHOTLUNCHBOX_TOKEN_FILE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "myhotlunchbox-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "myhotlunchbox-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MYHOTLUNCHBOX_USERNAME": "${input:myhotlunchbox-username}",
        "MYHOTLUNCHBOX_PASSWORD": "${input:myhotlunchbox-password}",
        "MYHOTLUNCHBOX_BASE_URL": "${input:myhotlunchbox-base-url}",
        "MYHOTLUNCHBOX_OUTPUT_DIR": "${input:myhotlunchbox-output-dir}",
        "MYHOTLUNCHBOX_TOKEN_CACHE": "${input:myhotlunchbox-token-cache}",
        "MYHOTLUNCHBOX_TOKEN_FILE": "${input:myhotlunchbox-token-file}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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