PreviewDrop for VS Code

Live preview URLs for every branch — controlled by Copilot and AI agents.

This extension registers the PreviewDrop MCP server in VS Code so GitHub Copilot (and any other MCP-compatible AI agent) can deploy, inspect, and destroy preview environments directly from chat — no terminal, no context-switching.

What you can do

Just ask Copilot in agent mode:

"Preview this project on the current branch"
"Deploy feature/payments and give me the URL"
"Show me the build logs for the last deployment"
"Destroy all stale previews"

Copilot reads your git remote, finds or creates the project in PreviewDrop, deploys, and returns a live HTTPS URL — automatically.

Requirements

A PreviewDrop account — free at previewdrop.dev (2 live previews on the free plan)
Node.js 18+ — the MCP server runs via npx
Authentication — run once in your terminal:
```
npx previewdrop login
```
This saves your API key locally. After that the extension works without any config.

How it works

The extension declares a stdio MCP server that VS Code launches automatically when Copilot needs it:

npx -y previewdrop@latest mcp

No separate install step. The latest previewdrop CLI is fetched via npx on first use and cached.

Available tools (14)

Tool	What it does
`deploy_repo`	Single-shot. Reads your git remote, finds or creates the project, deploys, waits, returns URL
`create_project`	Add a new GitHub repo as a PreviewDrop project
`deploy`	Deploy a specific project + branch
`list_projects`	List all projects in your workspace
`list_deployments`	List deployments, filterable by project / branch / status
`get_deployment`	Get details of a deployment by ID
`redeploy`	Redeploy an existing deployment
`destroy_deployment`	Stop and remove a deployment
`get_build_logs`	Fetch build output (nixpacks / Dockerfile)
`get_runtime_logs`	Fetch container stdout/stderr
`get_project_env_vars`	List env var keys configured for a project (values masked as `***`)
`set_project_env_vars`	Merge env vars into a project — values are encrypted at rest
`get_account`	Get account info (email, plan, tenant)
`get_github_app_install_url`	Returns the GitHub App install link (called automatically when needed)

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