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  "title": "Bitwarden Public API and Secrets Manager (unofficial)",
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      "name": "BITWARDEN_CLOUD_IDENTITY_URL",
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      "description": "Bitwarden Cloud: identity URL, e.g. https://identity.bitwarden.com."
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      "name": "BITWARDEN_CLOUD_CLIENT_ID",
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      "description": "Bitwarden Cloud: organization Public API client id (organization.<uuid>)."
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      "name": "BITWARDEN_CLOUD_CLIENT_SECRET",
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      "description": "Bitwarden Cloud: organization Public API client secret."
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      "name": "BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN",
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    },
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      "name": "BWS_ORG_ID",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Optional: organization UUID for the Secrets Manager tools, used when a call passes no organizationId."
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      "name": "BWS_API_BASE",
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      "name": "BWS_IDENTITY_URL",
      "isSecret": false,
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    {
      "name": "BITWARDEN_CONFIRM_WRITES",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "true: write tools return a preview unless the call carries confirm \"YES\". The model sets confirm itself, so this is friction, not a security boundary."
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      "name": "BITWARDEN_READ_ONLY",
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      "description": "true: write tools stay listed but refuse to run, and bw_raw_request allows GET only."
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      "name": "LOG_LEVEL",
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      "name": "BW_MCP_MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES",
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