Article Summary
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is now generally available in Visual Studio, allowing AI assistants to query the IDE's rich context.
- Visual Studio acts as an MCP server, providing structured data about the code, project, build, and debug state.
- This enables AI assistants like GitHub Copilot Chat to understand the developer's current work without requiring complex prompting.
- The protocol is designed to be extensible, supporting custom tool integrations and empowering AI agents to perform advanced tasks.
- Microsoft aims to encourage a broader ecosystem of AI clients and servers using MCP to enhance AI assistant capabilities.