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whitetape for VS Code

io.github.jonathantech1217/whitetape

US building permits as rows with the contractor of record. Free search; 7 cents a row, no account.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install whitetape in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "whitetape-credit",
      "description": "WHITETAPE_CREDIT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "whitetape": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "whitetape"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WHITETAPE_CREDIT": "${input:whitetape-credit}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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