patent checker for VS Code

io.github.xhighhongo41/patent-checker

Prior-art exploration for software projects; finds related patents, never judges infringement

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install patent checker in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "patent-checker-operator-consent",
      "description": "PATENT_CHECKER_OPERATOR_CONSENT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "patent-checker-ops-key",
      "description": "PATENT_CHECKER_OPS_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "patent-checker-ops-secret",
      "description": "PATENT_CHECKER_OPS_SECRET",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "patent-checker": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "patent-checker"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PATENT_CHECKER_OPERATOR_CONSENT": "${input:patent-checker-operator-consent}",
        "PATENT_CHECKER_OPS_KEY": "${input:patent-checker-ops-key}",
        "PATENT_CHECKER_OPS_SECRET": "${input:patent-checker-ops-secret}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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