How do I install Reuse Before Generate?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Reuse Before Generate need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: GITHUB_TOKEN.

What transport does Reuse Before Generate use?

Reuse Before Generate runs locally over stdio.

When was Reuse Before Generate last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-09. Checks whether your idea already exists before your agent builds it. Searches GitHub, npm, Python.

Reuse Before Generate MCP server

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Local command

npx -y [email protected]

Credentials from the publisher

GITHUB_TOKEN — Optional GitHub token. Raises the search rate limit from 10 requests/minute to 30.

Claude Code has no install link for a local command. Copy the command below and run it in a terminal.

shClaude Code

1GITHUB_TOKEN=<secret> claude mcp add io.github.aradar46-reuse-before-generate -- npx -y reuse-before-generate@0.2.3

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "io.github.aradar46-reuse-before-generate": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "[email protected]"8      ],9      "env": {10        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<secret>"11      }12    }13  }14}

claude_desktop_config.json

Local · npmPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Local

Transport: stdio
Version: 0.2.3
API key

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Reuse Before Generate

Add this server

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Server facts

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Questions

How do I install Reuse Before Generate?

Does Reuse Before Generate need an API key?

What transport does Reuse Before Generate use?

When was Reuse Before Generate last checked?

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