#visual-studio

#visual-studio

"MCP acts like a secure 'universal adapter' for connecting AI agents (like Copilot) to external tools, databases, code search engines, or deployment pipelines, so there are no more one-off integrations for every service," Walter said.

Product manager Allie Barrie said that Visual Studio can now connect to local or remote MCP servers, configured using a file called .mcp.json which can be in a user profile, for global use, or in an individual solution. Developers can add MCP servers either by editing this file directly, or using settings in the GitHub Copilot chat window. There is also provision for one-click installation from the web. OAuth authentication is supported, for example to allow the MCP tools to have GitHub access.