VS Code Button Generator

A tiny MCP server that generates VS Code MCP install buttons (Stable + Insiders) for NPX-based servers.

• Runtime: Node (stdio transport)
• Command: npx mcp-vsc-button-gen

You can run it directly via NPX (no install):

npx mcp-vsc-button-gen

Install in VS Code

Install with NPX in VS Code Install with NPX in VS Code Insiders

Tools

• make_install_buttons
  • Input: { name: string, inputs?: MCPInput[], config?: CommandConfig }
  • Output: Markdown string with two badges/links.
• from_mcp_config
  • Input: { name: string, mcp: { inputs?: MCPInput[], config?: CommandConfig } }
  • Output: Markdown string with two badges/links.
• copilot_buttons_from_raw
  • Input: { kind: 'chat-instructions' | 'chat-prompt' | 'chat-mode', url: string }
  • Output: Markdown with two badges linking to vscode.dev/insiders redirect for Install
• copilot_buttons_from_github
  • Input: { kind: 'chat-instructions' | 'chat-prompt' | 'chat-mode', owner: string, repo: string, path: string, branch?: string }
  • Output: Markdown with two badges as above

Types:

• MCPInput: { type: 'promptString', id: string, description?: string, password?: boolean }
• CommandConfig: { command: 'npx', args?: string[], env?: Record<string,string> }

Example

Input:

{
  "name": "supabase",
  "inputs": [
    { "type": "promptString", "id": "supabase-access-token", "description": "Supabase personal access token", "password": true }
  ],
  "config": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "@supabase/mcp-server-supabase@latest", "--readonly", "--project-ref=$SUPABASE_MCP_PROJECT_REF"],
    "env": {
      "SUPABASE_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${input:supabase-access-token}",
      "SUPABASE_MCP_PROJECT_REF": "${input:supabase-project-ref}"
    }
  }
}

Output: two markdown buttons for Stable and Insiders.

Local dev

• Install deps
• Build
• Run via stdio (for manual testing)

Quickstart

npm i
npm run build
node dist/index.js

You can also run in dev:

npm run dev

This server speaks MCP stdio; integrate with an MCP client to call tools.