# Visual Studio Code (MCP Host)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/mcp/visual-studio-code-mcp-host/  
**Provider:** Model Context Protocol (MCP) — https://apis.io/providers/mcp/  
**Documentation:** https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/chat/mcp-servers

Visual Studio Code (MCP Host) is one of 17 APIs that [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://apis.io/providers/mcp/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Clients, IDE, and VS Code. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

VS Code's GitHub Copilot Chat integrates MCP servers as agents and tools. Microsoft has standardized on MCP for Copilot's agent-mode extensibility.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/chat/mcp-servers

## Other Model Context Protocol (MCP) APIs (12)

- [MCP Specification](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-specification/)
- [MCP TypeScript SDK](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-typescript-sdk/)
- [MCP Python SDK](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-python-sdk/)
- [MCP Java SDK](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-java-sdk/)
- [MCP Kotlin SDK](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-kotlin-sdk/)
- [MCP C# SDK](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-c-sdk/)
- [MCP Swift SDK](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-swift-sdk/)
- [MCP Rust SDK](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-rust-sdk/)
- [MCP Reference Servers](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-reference-servers/)
- [MCP Inspector](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-inspector/)
- [Official MCP Registry](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/official-mcp-registry/)
- [Smithery](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/smithery/)

## Tags

Clients, IDE, VS Code

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/visual-studio-code-mcp-host/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/mcp/.