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Tidegap for VS Code

io.github.tidegap/tidegap

Runs non-urgent LLM tasks at the cleanest grid hour before a deadline, via Batch APIs when allowed.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Tidegap in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tidegap-default-region",
      "description": "TIDEGAP_DEFAULT_REGION",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tidegap-db-path",
      "description": "TIDEGAP_DB_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anthropic-api-key",
      "description": "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openai-api-key",
      "description": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tidegap-eia-api-key",
      "description": "TIDEGAP_EIA_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tidegap-entsoe-security-token",
      "description": "TIDEGAP_ENTSOE_SECURITY_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "watttime-username",
      "description": "WATTTIME_USERNAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "watttime-password",
      "description": "WATTTIME_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tidegap-electricity-maps-api-key",
      "description": "TIDEGAP_ELECTRICITY_MAPS_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "tidegap": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tidegap/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TIDEGAP_DEFAULT_REGION": "${input:tidegap-default-region}",
        "TIDEGAP_DB_PATH": "${input:tidegap-db-path}",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "${input:anthropic-api-key}",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "${input:openai-api-key}",
        "TIDEGAP_EIA_API_KEY": "${input:tidegap-eia-api-key}",
        "TIDEGAP_ENTSOE_SECURITY_TOKEN": "${input:tidegap-entsoe-security-token}",
        "WATTTIME_USERNAME": "${input:watttime-username}",
        "WATTTIME_PASSWORD": "${input:watttime-password}",
        "TIDEGAP_ELECTRICITY_MAPS_API_KEY": "${input:tidegap-electricity-maps-api-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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