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io.github.ryhus/anki-mcp

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client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

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.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anki-url",
      "description": "ANKI_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anki-api-mode",
      "description": "ANKI_API_MODE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anki-request-timeout-ms",
      "description": "ANKI_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anki-media-import-dirs",
      "description": "ANKI_MEDIA_IMPORT_DIRS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anki-package-import-dir",
      "description": "ANKI_PACKAGE_IMPORT_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anki-package-export-dir",
      "description": "ANKI_PACKAGE_EXPORT_DIR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "anki-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ryhus/anki-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANKI_URL": "${input:anki-url}",
        "ANKI_API_MODE": "${input:anki-api-mode}",
        "ANKI_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:anki-request-timeout-ms}",
        "ANKI_MEDIA_IMPORT_DIRS": "${input:anki-media-import-dirs}",
        "ANKI_PACKAGE_IMPORT_DIR": "${input:anki-package-import-dir}",
        "ANKI_PACKAGE_EXPORT_DIR": "${input:anki-package-export-dir}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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