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Norn for VS Code

io.github.samad001z/norn

Local-first, persistent memory for AI coding agents — remember, recall, forget, and list, over MCP.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Norn in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "norn-detect-conflicts",
      "description": "NORN_DETECT_CONFLICTS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "norn": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@samad001z/norn-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NORN_DETECT_CONFLICTS": "${input:norn-detect-conflicts}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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