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mcp databnf for VS Code

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Install mcp databnf in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bnf-user-agent",
      "description": "BNF_USER_AGENT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bnf-min-interval-ms",
      "description": "BNF_MIN_INTERVAL_MS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bnf-timeout-ms",
      "description": "BNF_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bnf-max-retries",
      "description": "BNF_MAX_RETRIES",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bnf-cache-ttl-ms",
      "description": "BNF_CACHE_TTL_MS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bnf-log-level",
      "description": "BNF_LOG_LEVEL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-databnf": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-databnf"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BNF_USER_AGENT": "${input:bnf-user-agent}",
        "BNF_MIN_INTERVAL_MS": "${input:bnf-min-interval-ms}",
        "BNF_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:bnf-timeout-ms}",
        "BNF_MAX_RETRIES": "${input:bnf-max-retries}",
        "BNF_CACHE_TTL_MS": "${input:bnf-cache-ttl-ms}",
        "BNF_LOG_LEVEL": "${input:bnf-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

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