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OrcaRouter for VS Code

io.github.continuum-ai-corp/orcarouter-mcp

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client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install OrcaRouter in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "orcarouter-api-key",
      "description": "ORCAROUTER_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "orcarouter-base-url",
      "description": "ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "orcarouter-request-timeout",
      "description": "ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "orcarouter-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@orcarouter/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ORCAROUTER_API_KEY": "${input:orcarouter-api-key}",
        "ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL": "${input:orcarouter-base-url}",
        "ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "${input:orcarouter-request-timeout}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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