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ArxSource for VS Code

io.github.nicolaiprodromov/arxsource

Search, read and analyze arXiv papers, and find their code: LaTeX, citations, alerts.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install ArxSource in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "arxsource-storage-path",
      "description": "ARXSOURCE_STORAGE_PATH",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "arxsource": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "arxsource-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARXSOURCE_STORAGE_PATH": "${input:arxsource-storage-path}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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