VS Code (Copilot) + Vaner (MCP)

VS Code (Copilot) supports the Model Context Protocol out of the box. Point it at vaner mcp and Vaner will serve scenario-ranked context to your agent before every prompt.

Install

If you haven't installed Vaner yet:

curl -fsSL --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://vaner.ai/install.sh | bash
vaner init --path .

Connect VS Code (Copilot)

{  "servers": {    "vaner": {      "type": "stdio",      "command": "uvx",      "args": ["--from","vaner[mcp]","vaner","mcp","--path","${workspaceFolder}"]    }  }}

Verify

Reload the VS Code window. In the Copilot chat view, pick the vaner MCP server from the tools menu and call list_scenarios.

If VS Code (Copilot) reports the server as failed, run vaner mcp --path . manually in a terminal and read the error. The most common failure is a missing backend API key — confirm with vaner config show.

What this unlocks

• Use @vaner in Copilot Chat to pull in scenario-ranked context before generating a diff.
• Share the workspace config via .vscode/mcp.json so teammates pick it up on clone.
• Combine with GitHub Copilot Workspace for repo-wide refactors.

See also

• The full Connect your client guide.
• Backends for picking the model Vaner ponders with.
• Upstream docs: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/chat/mcp-servers.