MCP VS Code MCP Server

Name: MCP VS Code MCP Server
Author: io.github.mario-andreschak

io.github.mario-andreschak/mcp-vscode

Repository Registry

What is the MCP VS Code MCP server?

A self-hosted VS Code workbench embedded as an interactive MCP App.

How to install MCP VS Code

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE
required
Absolute path to the workspace directory exposed through VS Code and MCP tools.
MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE
Set to 'stream' to opt into experimental genuine-workbench pixel streaming; omit for normal iframe/browser behavior.
MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER
Optional absolute path to an installed Edge, Chrome, or Chromium executable used by experimental streaming.
MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX
Unsafe container-only escape hatch: set to 1 to launch streaming Chromium without its process sandbox.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-vscode": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode",
        "--stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-vscode": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode",
        "--stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-vscode": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode",
        "--stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-vscode": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode",
        "--stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX": "<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add mcp-vscode --env MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE=<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE> --env MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE=<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE> --env MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER=<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER> --env MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX=<YOUR_MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX> -- npx -y @mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode --stdio