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claude mcp add janosik -e 'JANOSIK_URL=<JANOSIK_URL>' -e 'JANOSIK_TOKEN=<JANOSIK_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @janosik/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"janosik": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@janosik/mcp"
],
"env": {
"JANOSIK_TOKEN": "<JANOSIK_TOKEN>",
"JANOSIK_URL": "<JANOSIK_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.janosik]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@janosik/mcp"]
env = { JANOSIK_URL = "<JANOSIK_URL>", JANOSIK_TOKEN = "<JANOSIK_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"janosik": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@janosik/mcp"
],
"env": {
"JANOSIK_TOKEN": "<JANOSIK_TOKEN>",
"JANOSIK_URL": "<JANOSIK_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"janosik": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@janosik/mcp"
],
"env": {
"JANOSIK_TOKEN": "<JANOSIK_TOKEN>",
"JANOSIK_URL": "<JANOSIK_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<JANOSIK_URL> (Origin of your Janosik instance, e.g. https://boards.example.com), <JANOSIK_TOKEN> (Personal API key (jnk_…), created in Account → API keys).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
JANOSIK_APP_BASE (App sub-path, only when the app is not served at the site root (e.g. /app)).
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