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PlaceRoot for VS Code

io.github.chuofringer/placeroot

Grounds AI agents in Overture Maps open data — compact answers, no API key.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install PlaceRoot in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "placeroot-cache",
      "description": "PLACEROOT_CACHE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "placeroot": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "placeroot"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PLACEROOT_CACHE": "${input:placeroot-cache}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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