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open notebook for VS Code

io.github.epochal-dev/open-notebook

MCP server that wraps the Open Notebook API

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install open notebook in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "open-notebook-url",
      "description": "OPEN_NOTEBOOK_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "open-notebook-password",
      "description": "OPEN_NOTEBOOK_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "open-notebook": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "open-notebook-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPEN_NOTEBOOK_URL": "${input:open-notebook-url}",
        "OPEN_NOTEBOOK_PASSWORD": "${input:open-notebook-password}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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