MCP VS Code

A self-hosted VS Code workbench embedded as an interactive MCP App, supporting stdio and HTTPS transports. It allows agents to interact with a VS Code environment, including configuration for workspace roots, render modes, and browser streaming for genuine workbench pixel streaming.

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What you can do with it

Embed VS Code workbench as an interactive MCP App
Configure workspace roots and runtime packages
Enable experimental genuine-workbench pixel streaming
Register allowlisted route manifests for secure deployment

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.2

mcp-registry: io.github.mario-andreschak/mcp-vscode@0.2.2 Source repository

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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@mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode 0.2.2

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@mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode package definition

{
  "version": "0.2.2",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "packageArguments": [
    {
      "name": "--stdio",
      "type": "named",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Run the MCP server over standard input and output."
    }
  ],
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE",
      "format": "filepath",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Absolute path to the workspace directory exposed through VS Code and MCP tools."
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Set to 'stream' to opt into experimental genuine-workbench pixel streaming; omit for normal iframe/browser behavior."
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER",
      "format": "filepath",
      "description": "Optional absolute path to an installed Edge, Chrome, or Chromium executable used by experimental streaming."
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX",
      "format": "boolean",
      "description": "Unsafe container-only escape hatch: set to 1 to launch streaming Chromium without its process sandbox."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-vs-code": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode@0.2.2"
      ],
      "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>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-vs-code": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode@0.2.2"
      ],
      "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

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-vs-code": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode@0.2.2"
      ],
      "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 Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-vs-code": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode@0.2.2"
      ],
      "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>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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