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paypal mcp server for VS Code

io.github.paypal/paypal-mcp-server

A command line tool for setting up PayPal MCP server

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Install paypal mcp server in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "paypal-access-token",
      "description": "PAYPAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "paypal-environment",
      "description": "PAYPAL_ENVIRONMENT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "paypal-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@paypal/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PAYPAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${input:paypal-access-token}",
        "PAYPAL_ENVIRONMENT": "${input:paypal-environment}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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