Stockfish MCP for VS Code

io.github.stepbot/stockfish-mcp

A Stockfish MCP server to allow an LLM to play chess against Stockfish

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Stockfish MCP in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "stockfish-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "stockfish-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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