VS Code MCP Server

Name: VS Code MCP Server
Author: juehang

juehang

Exposes VS Code editing to agents: browse the workspace, read files, see linter and language server problems, and make edits.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

claude mcp add vs-code -- npx vscode-mcp-server

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.vs-code]
command = "npx"
args = ["vscode-mcp-server"]

# codex mcp add vs-code -- npx vscode-mcp-server

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vs-code": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "vscode-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "vs-code": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "vscode-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vs-code": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "vscode-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vs-code": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "vscode-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vs-code": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "vscode-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}