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      "name": "CB_CONNECTION_STRING",
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      "description": "Couchbase connection string. Required for connecting to the cluster."
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      "name": "CB_USERNAME",
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    {
      "name": "CB_PASSWORD",
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      "description": "Couchbase CA certificate path. Required for TLS authentication in non Capella clusters."
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    {
      "name": "CB_CLIENT_CERT_PATH",
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    {
      "name": "CB_CLIENT_KEY_PATH",
      "isSecret": false,
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    {
      "name": "CB_MCP_READ_ONLY_MODE",
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      "description": "Couchbase read only mode. Set to true to allow disable write operations across both KV and query. KV write tools are not loaded and SQL++ queries that modify data are blocked. Set to false to allow data modification queries and tools."
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    {
      "name": "CB_MCP_TRANSPORT",
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      "description": "Transport mode for the server (stdio, http or sse). Default is stdio"
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    {
      "name": "CB_MCP_HOST",
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      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Host to run the MCP server on (default: 127.0.0.1). Used only for HTTP and SSE transport modes."
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    {
      "name": "CB_MCP_PORT",
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      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Port to run the MCP server on (default: 8000). Used only for HTTP and SSE transport modes."
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    {
      "name": "CB_MCP_DISABLED_TOOLS",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Tools to disable. Accepts comma-separated tool names (e.g., 'tool_1,tool_2') or a file path containing one tool name per line."
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    {
      "name": "CB_MCP_CONFIRMATION_REQUIRED_TOOLS",
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      "description": "Comma-separated tool names that require user confirmation before execution. Also accepts a file path containing one tool name per line. Requires the MCP client to support elicitation."
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      "name": "CB_MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
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      "name": "CB_MCP_LOG_SINKS",
      "isSecret": false,
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      "description": "Comma-separated list of log destinations. Allowed values: stderr, file. Include 'file' to write per-level log files; include 'stderr' to write to the console. Default is stderr."
    },
    {
      "name": "CB_MCP_LOG_FILE",
      "isSecret": false,
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      "description": "Base path for the per-level log files. One rotating file is written per level (e.g. mcp_server.info.log, mcp_server.error.log). Only used when 'file' is in CB_MCP_LOG_SINKS. Default is mcp_server.log."
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      "name": "CB_MCP_LOG_ROTATION_MAX_SIZE_MB",
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      "description": "Global maximum size in MB per-level log file before it rotates, inherited by every level unless overridden by a per-level CB_MCP_LOG_<LEVEL>_ROTATION_MAX_SIZE_MB. A value of 0 is invalid and falls back to the default (1 MB) with a startup warning. Default is 1 (1 MB)."
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      "name": "CB_MCP_LOG_MAX_BYTES",
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      "description": "[DEPRECATED] Global rotation size in bytes; use CB_MCP_LOG_ROTATION_MAX_SIZE_MB (MB) instead. Still honored for backward compatibility but ignored when CB_MCP_LOG_ROTATION_MAX_SIZE_MB is also set. A value of 0 is invalid and falls back to the default with a startup warning."
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      "description": "Rotation size in MB for the WARNING log file. Overrides CB_MCP_LOG_ROTATION_MAX_SIZE_MB for WARNING; inherits it when unset. 0 is invalid and falls back to the inherited global with a startup warning."
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      "isRequired": false,
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      "name": "CB_MCP_LOG_DEBUG_ROTATION_MAX_SIZE_MB",
      "isSecret": false,
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      "description": "Rotation size in MB for the DEBUG log file. Overrides CB_MCP_LOG_ROTATION_MAX_SIZE_MB for DEBUG; inherits it when unset. 0 is invalid and falls back to the inherited global with a startup warning."
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      "isRequired": false,
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    },
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      "name": "CB_MCP_LOG_ERROR_RETENTION_BACKUP_COUNT",
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      "name": "CB_MCP_LOG_WARNING_RETENTION_BACKUP_COUNT",
      "isSecret": false,
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      "name": "CB_MCP_LOG_INFO_RETENTION_BACKUP_COUNT",
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      "isRequired": false,
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    },
    {
      "name": "CB_MCP_LOG_DEBUG_RETENTION_BACKUP_COUNT",
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      "isRequired": false,
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      "name": "CB_MCP_OAUTH_JWT_JWKS_URI",
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      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "JWKS endpoint of the identity provider used to verify bearer JWT signatures. Required to enable OAuth, along with CB_MCP_OAUTH_JWT_ISSUER and CB_MCP_OAUTH_JWT_AUDIENCE. Only honored when CB_MCP_TRANSPORT=http."
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    {
      "name": "CB_MCP_OAUTH_JWT_ISSUER",
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      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Expected JWT 'iss' claim value. Also advertised as the authorization server in Protected Resource Metadata when CB_MCP_OAUTH_MCP_BASE_URL is set. Required to enable OAuth."
    },
    {
      "name": "CB_MCP_OAUTH_JWT_AUDIENCE",
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      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Expected JWT 'aud' claim value. Required to enable OAuth."
    },
    {
      "name": "CB_MCP_OAUTH_JWT_ALGORITHM",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "JWT signing algorithm. One of RS256/384/512, ES256/384/512, PS256/384/512. Default is RS256."
    },
    {
      "name": "CB_MCP_OAUTH_MCP_BASE_URL",
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      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Public base URL of this MCP server. When set, the server publishes RFC 9728 Protected Resource Metadata at <base_url>/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp so PRM-aware clients can discover the authorization server. Optional."
    },
    {
      "name": "CB_MCP_OAUTH_SCOPE_READ_LABEL",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Override the OAuth scope label the server treats as 'read' access; advertised in PRM and matched against the token's scope/scp claim. Use when your IdP cannot emit the canonical form. Default is couchbase-mcp:read."
    },
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      "name": "CB_MCP_OAUTH_SCOPE_WRITE_LABEL",
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      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Override the OAuth scope label the server treats as 'write' access; same semantics as CB_MCP_OAUTH_SCOPE_READ_LABEL. Default is couchbase-mcp:write."
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