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 needle-mcp.
.vscode/mcp.json (project root — committed with the repo)~/.vscode/mcp.json{
"servers": {
"needle": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.needle.app/mcp",
"--header",
"Authorization:Bearer ${NEEDLE_API_KEY}"
],
"env": {
"NEEDLE_API_KEY": "<your-needle-api-key>"
}
}
}
}