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VS Code receipt scanner expense_settings

How to: VS Code receipt scanner expense_settings

client:VS Code transport:streamable-http tool:expense_settings

Add receipt scanner to VS Code

  1. 01

    Open .vscode/mcp.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "servers": {
    "receipt-scanner": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/receipt-scanner"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart VS Code.

  2. 03

    Ask for something expense_settings does. VS Code lists the server's tools on connect and calls expense_settings itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that receipt scanner's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

Requires agent mode. MCP: Open User Configuration puts the same block in every workspace. VS Code docs

Set these first

receipt scanner will not start until these are set, so expense_settings never becomes available.

  • MCP_LICENSE_KEY

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.