VS Code (GitHub Copilot)
Spec Support Unverified Confidence: Good (0.85)VS Code (GitHub Copilot) is an MCP client published by Microsoft; its MCP spec-revision support has not been verified yet. Last verified 2026-08-14.
Does VS Code (GitHub Copilot) support the current MCP specification (2026-07-28)?
Undetermined. We have not verified which MCP specification revision VS Code (GitHub Copilot) supports (as of 2026-08-14).
Which MCP client features does VS Code (GitHub Copilot) support?
VS Code (GitHub Copilot) supports: tools, resources, prompts (last verified 2026-08-14).
When were VS Code (GitHub Copilot)'s facts last verified?
2026-08-14. Each fact on this page links to the sources used to verify it.
VS Code's MCP support ships through GitHub Copilot: MCP servers extend
Copilot's agentic features with tools, resources, prompt templates, and
MCP Apps for interactive UI components. Servers are configured in
.vscode/mcp.json per workspace or in the user profile, and
locally-running stdio servers can be sandboxed on macOS and Linux to
restrict filesystem and network access.
The documentation describes capabilities and configuration in detail but names no MCP spec revision anywhere, so revision support is recorded as unknown rather than inferred. A second configuration path arrived on 2026-08-12, when Agent Plugins 1.0 reached VS Code; those plugins carry MCP server configurations in their own mcp.json files.
How was this verified, and what are the sources?
Verified · method: vendor-docs
· confidence 0.85 (Good).
- VS Code documentation "MCP servers" - capabilities listed: tools ("MCP servers provide tools for tasks like file operations, databases, or external APIs"), resources ("Access data from MCP servers as context in your prompts"), prompts ("Use preconfigured prompt templates"), and MCP Apps ("interactive UI components like forms, visualizations, and drag-and-drop lists"); configuration via .vscode/mcp.json (workspace) or the user profile; sandboxing available for locally-running stdio MCP servers on macOS and Linux; no MCP spec revision named anywhere on the page - accessed
- GitHub changelog "Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app" (2026-08-12) - VS Code among the surfaces installing Agent Plugins, whose mcp.json files carry MCP server configurations - accessed