Vscode Terminal MCP Server

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Vscode Terminal MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 45 installs a week from npm. Last commit 20 Mar 2026.

Execute commands in visible VSCode terminal tabs with output capture and session reuse.

Installs per day peak 23 · avg 6 · -23% w/w

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npm · vscode-terminal-mcp

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20 Mar 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

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Today is the operative word: we check Vscode Terminal MCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add vscode-terminal-mcp -- npx -y vscode-terminal-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vscode-terminal-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vscode-terminal-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.vscode-terminal-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "vscode-terminal-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vscode-terminal-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vscode-terminal-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vscode-terminal-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vscode-terminal-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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Vscode Terminal MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Vscode Terminal MCP?

Vscode Terminal MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package vscode-terminal-mcp was installed 45 times last week.

How do I connect Vscode Terminal MCP?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls vscode-terminal-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Vscode Terminal MCP?

The npm package vscode-terminal-mcp was installed 45 times in the last week. Week over week that is -23%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Vscode Terminal MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 2 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.