MCP Server Host

A Visual Studio Code extension that provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server with demo tools. This extension demonstrates how to integrate MCP servers with VS Code and can be used as a starting point for building more complex MCP-enabled extensions.

Features

• Provides an MCP server with example tools:
  • echo: Echo back any input text
  • add: Add two numbers together
  • multiply: Multiply two numbers together
• Seamless integration with VS Code's MCP support
• Full stdio-based communication support
• Automatic server lifecycle management

Requirements

• Visual Studio Code version 1.103.0 or higher
• Python 3.10 or higher (for the MCP server)

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1.0.0

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1.0.1

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1.1.0

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