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cachetank mcp for VS Code

io.github.jacobsilver7-art/cachetank-mcp

CacheTank MCP server gives every AI tool your personal context so you never start from zero.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install cachetank mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "cachetank-read-token",
      "description": "CACHETANK_READ_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "cachetank-write-token",
      "description": "CACHETANK_WRITE_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "cachetank-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cachetank-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CACHETANK_READ_TOKEN": "${input:cachetank-read-token}",
        "CACHETANK_WRITE_TOKEN": "${input:cachetank-write-token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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