Contivon for VS Code, Cursor & Windsurf
Give your AI coding tools long-term memory of your codebase. One click connects the Contivon MCP server (https://mcp.contivon.com) to Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf and VS Code Copilot.
No API keys. Each tool opens your browser to sign in to Contivon (OAuth) the first time it uses the server. After that, your assistant can remember, recall, get_project_context, search code and more.
Usage
- Click the Contivon icon in the Activity Bar, then Connect to AI Tools, or
- Run Contivon: Connect to AI Tools… from the Command Palette, or a single target:
Connect to Cursor / Connect to Claude Code / Connect to Windsurf / Connect to VS Code (Copilot).
- The status bar shows which tools are connected. Click it to manage connections.
What gets written
| Tool |
File |
Entry |
| Cursor |
~/.cursor/mcp.json |
"contivon": { "url": "https://mcp.contivon.com" } |
| Claude Code |
~/.claude.json (user scope) |
"contivon": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.contivon.com" } |
| Windsurf |
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json |
"contivon": { "serverUrl": "https://mcp.contivon.com" } |
| VS Code |
<user data>/User/mcp.json |
"contivon": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.contivon.com" } |
Only the contivon entry is touched. Other servers, comments and formatting are kept. The original file is backed up once to *.contivon.bak.
For Claude Code, this is equivalent to:
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user contivon https://mcp.contivon.com
Finishing sign-in
- Cursor: Settings → MCP → click Login next to
contivon.
- Claude Code: run
/mcp → contivon → Authenticate.
- Windsurf: Cascade → MCP servers → refresh, then sign in when prompted.
- VS Code: you're prompted to sign in the first time Copilot starts the server.
Settings
| Setting |
Default |
Description |
contivon.mcpUrl |
https://mcp.contivon.com |
Contivon Remote MCP endpoint |
contivon.dashboardUrl |
https://contivon.com/dashboard |
Contivon web dashboard |
contivon.promptOnStartup |
true |
Offer to connect once when a supported tool is detected |
Development
npm install
npm run compile
# Press F5 in VS Code to launch the Extension Development Host
Packaging & publishing
npx vsce package # -> contivon-0.2.0.vsix
npx vsce publish # Visual Studio Marketplace (Azure DevOps PAT)
npx ovsx publish contivon-0.2.0.vsix -p <token> # Open VSX (Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium, Gitpod)
