MCP VS Code for VS Code

io.github.mario-andreschak/mcp-vscode

A self-hosted VS Code workbench embedded as an interactive MCP App.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install MCP VS Code in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-vscode-workspace",
      "description": "MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-vscode-render-mode",
      "description": "MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-vscode-stream-browser",
      "description": "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-vscode-stream-no-sandbox",
      "description": "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-vscode": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE": "${input:mcp-vscode-workspace}",
        "MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE": "${input:mcp-vscode-render-mode}",
        "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER": "${input:mcp-vscode-stream-browser}",
        "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX": "${input:mcp-vscode-stream-no-sandbox}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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