VS Code MCP Setup on Mac
Give VS Code's AI (GitHub Copilot in agent mode) direct access to your Mac apps — Mail, Calendar, Contacts, iMessage, Teams, Slack and 188+ tools. LMCP writes the VS Code MCP configuration automatically when you install it.
How LMCP sets up VS Code — Mac: the installer sets it up if this version of LMCP supports it, and the LMCP menu shows its state · Windows: the installer sets it up if this version of LMCP supports it, and the LMCP menu shows its state
What this lets you do
With MCP support in VS Code, Copilot’s agent mode can call tools that run on your Mac. LMCP provides those tools locally — no API keys, no OAuth — so from the chat panel you can ask things like:
- “Summarize the emails about this project and add follow-ups to Reminders”
- “What did the team say in Slack about the release?”
- “Schedule a review with Marco on Thursday afternoon”
Setup
- Download LMCP and open it — it detects VS Code and writes the MCP entry automatically.
- In VS Code, make sure MCP is enabled in Settings (
chat.mcp.enabled) — it is on by default in recent builds. - Open the Chat panel and switch to Agent mode. The LMCP tools appear in the tools picker; ask anything about your Mail, Calendar or Teams.
Chat and Edit modes do not expose MCP tools — only Agent mode does. macOS prompts for each permission (Calendar, Contacts, Full Disk Access for Mail/iMessage) the first time it’s needed.
Privacy
LMCP executes local tools on your device. Cloud AI providers and connected services can receive requested data; their terms apply.
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