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Maven Decoder for VS Code

io.github.salitaba/maven-decoder-mcp

Lets AI agents read the real source of any Maven dependency, decompiled from ~/.m2 or Central.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Maven Decoder in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "maven-repository",
      "description": "MAVEN_REPOSITORY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "maven-remote-repos",
      "description": "MAVEN_REMOTE_REPOS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "maven-remote-username",
      "description": "MAVEN_REMOTE_USERNAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "maven-remote-password",
      "description": "MAVEN_REMOTE_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "maven-offline",
      "description": "MAVEN_OFFLINE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "maven-auto-download",
      "description": "MAVEN_AUTO_DOWNLOAD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "maven-decoder-cache-dir",
      "description": "MAVEN_DECODER_CACHE_DIR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "maven-decoder-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "maven-decoder-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MAVEN_REPOSITORY": "${input:maven-repository}",
        "MAVEN_REMOTE_REPOS": "${input:maven-remote-repos}",
        "MAVEN_REMOTE_USERNAME": "${input:maven-remote-username}",
        "MAVEN_REMOTE_PASSWORD": "${input:maven-remote-password}",
        "MAVEN_OFFLINE": "${input:maven-offline}",
        "MAVEN_AUTO_DOWNLOAD": "${input:maven-auto-download}",
        "MAVEN_DECODER_CACHE_DIR": "${input:maven-decoder-cache-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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