Serena MCP: the IDE for your agent for VS Code

io.github.oraios/serena

A powerful toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Serena MCP: the IDE for your agent in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "serena": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "serena-agent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Requires agent mode. MCP: Open User Configuration puts the same block in every workspace. VS Code docs