VISCode / Cursor, VS Code and other editors: VISCode over MCP
Cursor, VS Code and other editors: VISCode over MCP
Editors with an agent speak MCP too. Add VISCode as a remote server and your agent can stream its work to a live map, run programs on a build server and turn any code into diagrams.
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Set up
- Cursor: Settings → MCP → Add new MCP server, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json: { "mcpServers": { "viscode": { "url": "https://viscodeai.netlify.app/mcp" } } }.
- VS Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed: add a remote (HTTP) MCP server with the same URL.
- Gemini CLI: gemini mcp add --transport http viscode https://viscodeai.netlify.app/mcp.
Headless or your own AI
- Make an access token in VISCode (Your account → Connected AI assistants) and send it as Authorization: Bearer.
- The official MCP SDKs, OpenAI's Responses API and Anthropic's Messages API connect the same way.
Questions
Does my editor need to open a browser?
Once, to approve the connection. Tools that cannot open a browser use a VISCode access token instead.