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OpenClaw MCP Server for VS Code

io.github.freema/openclaw-mcp

MCP server bridging Claude.ai/Desktop with self-hosted OpenClaw via OAuth 2.1.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install OpenClaw MCP Server in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openclaw-url",
      "description": "OPENCLAW_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openclaw-gateway-token",
      "description": "OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openclaw-model",
      "description": "OPENCLAW_MODEL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openclaw-timeout-ms",
      "description": "OPENCLAW_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "openclaw-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "openclaw-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENCLAW_URL": "${input:openclaw-url}",
        "OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN": "${input:openclaw-gateway-token}",
        "OPENCLAW_MODEL": "${input:openclaw-model}",
        "OPENCLAW_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:openclaw-timeout-ms}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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