MCP VS Code

io.github.mario-andreschak/mcp-vscodev0.2.2Developer Tools

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

The current version, v0.2.2, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-08-10. It is distributed as @mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode on npm, filed under Developer Tools by this index, and declares 4 environment variables. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; the index's current counts put this record in context.

In-path gate · all MCP tools

Using MCP VS Code in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?

MCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and HOLDs the call when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use Install this server for that).

Install the mcpindex gate (one command)

Rewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less

uv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire

Auditable install path →Watch it hold a drift →

Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-09-28 00:18 UTC

screened 2026-08-07tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

Semantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“No malicious instructions found”via static_description

Limits of this verdict

- Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server
- Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)
- Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior
- advisory
- registry description only no input schema
- screen model 8b
- Still current: the description we screened is unchanged, re-checked against the registry
- The registry listing (version, packages, links) changed after this screen ran - the description we assessed did not

Semantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.

Own this server? Screen its description →

That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-09-21).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins MCP VS Code’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

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Environment variables

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.

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology

freshness

completeness

installability

documentation

stability

Alternatives in Developer Tools

Overskill

com.overskill/mcp

Build and publish Overskill apps from Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client.

Cursor Delegate

io.github.andreilungeanu/cursor-delegate-mcp

Bridge AI coding hosts to cursor-agent over the Agent Client Protocol.

IBM Code Engine MCP Server

io.github.markusvankempen/code-engine-mcp-server

Deploy to IBM Code Engine from Cursor, Copilot, Claude & Cline. Build, push, deploy via MCP.

Install this server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-vscode": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE": "<mcp_vscode_workspace>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE": "<mcp_vscode_render_mode>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER": "<mcp_vscode_stream_browser>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX": "<mcp_vscode_stream_no_sandbox>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-vscode": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_VSCODE_WORKSPACE": "<mcp_vscode_workspace>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_RENDER_MODE": "<mcp_vscode_render_mode>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_BROWSER": "<mcp_vscode_stream_browser>",
        "MCP_VSCODE_STREAM_NO_SANDBOX": "<mcp_vscode_stream_no_sandbox>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y -- @mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user mcp-vscode -- npx -y -- @mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user mcp-vscode npx -y -- @mario.andreschak/mcp-vscode

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-mario-andreschak-mcp-vscode

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v0.2.2
category: Developer Tools
verdict expires: 2026-09-28
quality: 89 / 100
operator: flujo-app

Listing

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Provenance

Each verdict is bound to a hash of the exact description it judged, so a re-crawl that changes the text produces a new record rather than silently inheriting this one. Verdict history is hash-chained and anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps (latest confirmed at block 967,794). Verify it yourself.

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