Spend Brake for VS Code

io.github.kivanow/spend-brake

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client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Spend Brake in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "brake-key",
      "description": "BRAKE_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "brake-url",
      "description": "BRAKE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "brake-api-url",
      "description": "BRAKE_API_URL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "spend-brake": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@spend-brake/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAKE_KEY": "${input:brake-key}",
        "BRAKE_URL": "${input:brake-url}",
        "BRAKE_API_URL": "${input:brake-api-url}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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