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nan forget for VS Code

io.github.nanmesh/nan-forget

AI that remembers. Local-first cross-session, cross-project long-term memory for coding tools.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install nan forget in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openai-api-key",
      "description": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "nan-forget-embedding-provider",
      "description": "NAN_FORGET_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "nan-forget-user-id",
      "description": "NAN_FORGET_USER_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "nan-forget-project-root",
      "description": "NAN_FORGET_PROJECT_ROOT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "nan-forget": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "nan-forget"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "${input:openai-api-key}",
        "NAN_FORGET_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER": "${input:nan-forget-embedding-provider}",
        "NAN_FORGET_USER_ID": "${input:nan-forget-user-id}",
        "NAN_FORGET_PROJECT_ROOT": "${input:nan-forget-project-root}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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