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rclone for VS Code

io.github.rclone-ui/rclone

MCP server for the Rclone RC API, with selectable toolsets.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install rclone in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rclone-url",
      "description": "RCLONE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rclone-user",
      "description": "RCLONE_USER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rclone-pass",
      "description": "RCLONE_PASS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rclone-toolsets",
      "description": "RCLONE_TOOLSETS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rclone-read-only",
      "description": "RCLONE_READ_ONLY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "rclone": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "rclone-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RCLONE_URL": "${input:rclone-url}",
        "RCLONE_USER": "${input:rclone-user}",
        "RCLONE_PASS": "${input:rclone-pass}",
        "RCLONE_TOOLSETS": "${input:rclone-toolsets}",
        "RCLONE_READ_ONLY": "${input:rclone-read-only}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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