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northdata mcp for VS Code

io.github.p-meier/northdata-mcp

NorthData API for German company, owner, and financial data — with a built-in credit guard.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install northdata mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "northdata-api-key",
      "description": "NORTHDATA_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "northdata-approval-threshold",
      "description": "NORTHDATA_APPROVAL_THRESHOLD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "northdata-absolute-max",
      "description": "NORTHDATA_ABSOLUTE_MAX",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "northdata-credit-log",
      "description": "NORTHDATA_CREDIT_LOG",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "northdata-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "northdata-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NORTHDATA_API_KEY": "${input:northdata-api-key}",
        "NORTHDATA_APPROVAL_THRESHOLD": "${input:northdata-approval-threshold}",
        "NORTHDATA_ABSOLUTE_MAX": "${input:northdata-absolute-max}",
        "NORTHDATA_CREDIT_LOG": "${input:northdata-credit-log}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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