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mcp/etw-mcp/install/vscode

install etw-mcp on VS Code

Requires the runtime declared in the upstream repo — check the README before running. VS Code (Copilot) uses a `servers` root key with an explicit `type` field — different from the `mcpServers` shape used by Claude Desktop and Cursor. Paste the config below, then follow the reload step to register etw-mcp.

paste into
workspace: .vscode/mcp.json (project root — committed with the repo)
user: ~/.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "etw-trace-analyzer": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--no-project",
        "--with",
        "https://github.com/nijosmsft/etw-mcp/releases/download/v0.8.5/etw_mcp-0.8.5-py3-none-any.whl",
        "python",
        "-m",
        "etw_analyzer.server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "_NT_SYMBOL_PATH": "srv*C:\\symbols*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols"
      }
    }
  }
}
then: VS Code picks up the change. Run 'MCP: List Servers' from the command palette to verify.
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