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Anytype (self-hosted HTTP) for VS Code

io.github.ohneben/anytype-mcp

Self-hosted Anytype MCP server: the full Anytype API as an always-on Docker + HTTP endpoint.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install Anytype (self-hosted HTTP) in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anytype-api-key",
      "description": "ANYTYPE_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "port",
      "description": "PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anytype-api-base-url",
      "description": "ANYTYPE_API_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anytype-version",
      "description": "ANYTYPE_VERSION",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anytype-api-host-header",
      "description": "ANYTYPE_API_HOST_HEADER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-shared-token",
      "description": "MCP_SHARED_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anytype-mcp-slim-responses",
      "description": "ANYTYPE_MCP_SLIM_RESPONSES",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "anytype-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/ohneben/anytype-mcp:1.0.6"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANYTYPE_API_KEY": "${input:anytype-api-key}",
        "PORT": "${input:port}",
        "ANYTYPE_API_BASE_URL": "${input:anytype-api-base-url}",
        "ANYTYPE_VERSION": "${input:anytype-version}",
        "ANYTYPE_API_HOST_HEADER": "${input:anytype-api-host-header}",
        "MCP_SHARED_TOKEN": "${input:mcp-shared-token}",
        "ANYTYPE_MCP_SLIM_RESPONSES": "${input:anytype-mcp-slim-responses}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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