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Arc Control (macOS) for VS Code

io.github.db-25/arc-control-mcp

macOS-only MCP server for the Arc browser: tabs, navigation, page reading, DOM, scripting

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Arc Control (macOS) in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "arc-mcp-label",
      "description": "ARC_MCP_LABEL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "arc-mcp-space",
      "description": "ARC_MCP_SPACE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "arc-mcp-state-dir",
      "description": "ARC_MCP_STATE_DIR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "arc-control-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "arc-control-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARC_MCP_LABEL": "${input:arc-mcp-label}",
        "ARC_MCP_SPACE": "${input:arc-mcp-space}",
        "ARC_MCP_STATE_DIR": "${input:arc-mcp-state-dir}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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