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Picnic for VS Code

io.github.mrvdh/picnic-mcp

Search products, fill the cart and pick a delivery slot at the online supermarket Picnic

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Install Picnic in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "picnic-auth-key",
      "description": "PICNIC_AUTH_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "picnic-country-code",
      "description": "PICNIC_COUNTRY_CODE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "picnic-mcp-tools",
      "description": "PICNIC_MCP_TOOLS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "picnic-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "picnic-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PICNIC_AUTH_KEY": "${input:picnic-auth-key}",
        "PICNIC_COUNTRY_CODE": "${input:picnic-country-code}",
        "PICNIC_MCP_TOOLS": "${input:picnic-mcp-tools}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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