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claude checkpoint mcp for VS Code

io.github.daniel-munoz/claude-checkpoint-mcp

MCP server that checkpoints Claude Code session context to survive crashes and token limits

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Install claude checkpoint mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "checkpoint-project-root",
      "description": "CHECKPOINT_PROJECT_ROOT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "claude-code-session-id",
      "description": "CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "checkpoint-session-ids",
      "description": "CHECKPOINT_SESSION_IDS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "claude-checkpoint-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "session-checkpoint-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CHECKPOINT_PROJECT_ROOT": "${input:checkpoint-project-root}",
        "CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ID": "${input:claude-code-session-id}",
        "CHECKPOINT_SESSION_IDS": "${input:checkpoint-session-ids}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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