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Audiobookshelf MCP for VS Code

io.github.jeeftor/abs-mcp

Inspect and safely operate Audiobookshelf libraries over MCP.

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Install Audiobookshelf MCP in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "abs-base-url",
      "description": "ABS_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "abs-api-key",
      "description": "ABS_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "abs-read-only",
      "description": "ABS_READ_ONLY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "abs-timeout",
      "description": "ABS_TIMEOUT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "abs-fixture-dir",
      "description": "ABS_FIXTURE_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "abs-extra-headers-file",
      "description": "ABS_EXTRA_HEADERS_FILE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "abs-tls-ca-cert-file",
      "description": "ABS_TLS_CA_CERT_FILE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "abs-tls-insecure-skip-verify",
      "description": "ABS_TLS_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "abs-transport",
      "description": "ABS_TRANSPORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "abs-http-addr",
      "description": "ABS_HTTP_ADDR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "abs-http-path",
      "description": "ABS_HTTP_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "abs-http-bearer-token",
      "description": "ABS_HTTP_BEARER_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "abs-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/jeeftor/abs-mcp:0.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ABS_BASE_URL": "${input:abs-base-url}",
        "ABS_API_KEY": "${input:abs-api-key}",
        "ABS_READ_ONLY": "${input:abs-read-only}",
        "ABS_TIMEOUT": "${input:abs-timeout}",
        "ABS_FIXTURE_DIR": "${input:abs-fixture-dir}",
        "ABS_EXTRA_HEADERS_FILE": "${input:abs-extra-headers-file}",
        "ABS_TLS_CA_CERT_FILE": "${input:abs-tls-ca-cert-file}",
        "ABS_TLS_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY": "${input:abs-tls-insecure-skip-verify}",
        "ABS_TRANSPORT": "${input:abs-transport}",
        "ABS_HTTP_ADDR": "${input:abs-http-addr}",
        "ABS_HTTP_PATH": "${input:abs-http-path}",
        "ABS_HTTP_BEARER_TOKEN": "${input:abs-http-bearer-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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