What is Visual Studio Agent?

Visual Studio Agent (VS MCP Server) enables AI agents, like Claude Code, to programmatically control Visual Studio 2022 for tasks such as debugging, building, editing, and UI automation.

What specific Visual Studio functionalities can AI agents automate?

AI agents can automate 75 tools across categories including debugging processes (stepping, breakpoints, evaluation), solution/project builds, file editing, and UI automation (screenshots, element interaction).

What are the system requirements for Visual Studio Agent?

It requires Visual Studio 2022 (v17.0+), Windows (amd64), .NET Framework 4.8, and the .NET 8.0 Runtime for the StdioProxy component.

How is Visual Studio Agent installed and connected to an AI agent?

Install the extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace and restart Visual Studio. Connect your AI agent (e.g., Claude Code) by adding the `VsMcp.StdioProxy.exe` path to its MCP configuration via CLI command or manual JSON setup.

Visual Studio Agent

Name: Visual Studio Agent
Author: dhq-boiler

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Empowers AI agents to control Visual Studio features such as debugging, building, editing, and UI automation.

An MCP server for Visual Studio that enables AI agents, like Claude Code, to deeply interact with and control the Visual Studio IDE. This tool provides comprehensive access to 75 functionalities spanning debugging, project management, code editing, building, and UI automation, allowing AI to programmatically execute tasks within the development environment. Notably, the entire codebase for this project was generated by AI.

Key Features

01Exposes 75 tools across nine categories for fine-grained IDE interaction

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03Offers UI automation capabilities including capturing screenshots and interacting with UI elements

04Programmatically edit, read, and write files within the Visual Studio editor

05Automate debugging processes such as stepping, call stack inspection, and expression evaluation

06Enables AI agents to control Visual Studio features including debugging, building, and UI automation

Use Cases

01Enabling AI agents to directly control and interact with the Visual Studio IDE for code manipulation

02Facilitating AI-driven UI automation within Visual Studio for repetitive tasks or advanced interactions

03Automating complex development and debugging workflows within Visual Studio using AI agents