methods-mcp for VS Code
io.github.flynnlachendro/methods-mcp
MCP server for structured methods extraction + reproducibility heuristics on academic papers.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:pypi
Install methods-mcp in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "anthropic-api-key",
"description": "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "github-token",
"description": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "methods-mcp-model",
"description": "METHODS_MCP_MODEL",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"methods-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"methods-mcp"
],
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "${input:anthropic-api-key}",
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "${input:github-token}",
"METHODS_MCP_MODEL": "${input:methods-mcp-model}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs