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VS Code biomedmcp get_capabilities

How to: VS Code biomedmcp get_capabilities

client:VS Code transport:streamable-http tool:get_capabilities

Add biomedmcp to VS Code

  1. 01

    Open .vscode/mcp.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "servers": {
    "biomedmcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://biomedmcp.unibiointelligence.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart VS Code.

  2. 03

    Ask for something get_capabilities does. VS Code lists the server's tools on connect and calls get_capabilities itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that biomedmcp's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

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

Set these first

biomedmcp will not start until these are set, so get_capabilities never becomes available.

  • UBI_PROFILE

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 14 November 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.