mcp books for VS Code
io.github.smeet666/mcp-books
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client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install mcp books in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "books-user-agent",
"description": "BOOKS_USER_AGENT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "books-min-interval-ms",
"description": "BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "books-timeout-ms",
"description": "BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "books-max-retries",
"description": "BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "books-cache-ttl-ms",
"description": "BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "books-cache-max-entries",
"description": "BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "books-log-level",
"description": "BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"mcp-books": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-books"
],
"env": {
"BOOKS_USER_AGENT": "${input:books-user-agent}",
"BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS": "${input:books-min-interval-ms}",
"BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:books-timeout-ms}",
"BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES": "${input:books-max-retries}",
"BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS": "${input:books-cache-ttl-ms}",
"BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES": "${input:books-cache-max-entries}",
"BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL": "${input:books-log-level}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs