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SatoshiAPI — Bitcoin Data via Lightning for VS Code

io.github.satoshiapi/satoshi-btc-api

L402 Lightning-paid Bitcoin data: price, fees, blocks, sentiment, DCA signals.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install SatoshiAPI — Bitcoin Data via Lightning in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "satoshiapi-lnd-rest",
      "description": "SATOSHIAPI_LND_REST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "satoshiapi-lnd-macaroon",
      "description": "SATOSHIAPI_LND_MACAROON",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "satoshiapi-lnd-cert",
      "description": "SATOSHIAPI_LND_CERT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "satoshi-btc-api": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "satoshiapi-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SATOSHIAPI_LND_REST": "${input:satoshiapi-lnd-rest}",
        "SATOSHIAPI_LND_MACAROON": "${input:satoshiapi-lnd-macaroon}",
        "SATOSHIAPI_LND_CERT": "${input:satoshiapi-lnd-cert}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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