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Knapcode.SampleMcpServer for VS Code

io.github.joelverhagen/knapcode.samplemcpserver

A sample MCP server using the MCP C# SDK. Generates random numbers and random weather.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:nuget

Install Knapcode.SampleMcpServer in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "weather-choices",
      "description": "WEATHER_CHOICES",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "knapcode.samplemcpserver": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "Knapcode.SampleMcpServer",
        "--yes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WEATHER_CHOICES": "${input:weather-choices}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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