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VS Code Context7 query-docs

How to: VS Code Context7 query-docs

client:VS Code transport:streamable-http tool:query-docs

Add Context7 to VS Code

  1. 01

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

{
  "servers": {
    "context7": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.context7.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart VS Code.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Context7'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

Context7 will not start until these are set, so query-docs never becomes available.

  • CONTEXT7_API_KEY

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 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.

Context7 MCP server