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NovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway for VS Code

io.github.vvvvking/novai-python

Chinese frontier AI models as MCP tools via one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, zero platform fee.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install NovAI - Chinese AI Models Gateway in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "novai-api-key",
      "description": "NOVAI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "novai-python": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "aiapi-pro"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NOVAI_API_KEY": "${input:novai-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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