Connect VS Code (GitHub Copilot)

One click adds Gadwal to your VS Code user profile.

Before you start

  1. Open Gadwal and choose Gadwal › Settings (⌘,), then the AI & MCP tab.
  2. Turn on MCP server. The Address line shows http://127.0.0.1:55183/mcp (you can change the port below it). The server only listens on this Mac.
  3. Check each connection's AI level in its connection settings: Off, Read-only, Ask before write or Full. Production connections start at Read-only. The AI only sees connections that aren't Off.

AI tools need an active trial or the lifetime unlock. On the free tier the server answers every tool call with a message saying so.

Install

  1. In Settings › AI & MCP › Connect AI, click Install on the VS Code row.
  2. Gadwal creates a token and opens VS Code with an MCP install link. VS Code shows the gadwal server.
  3. Confirm the install in VS Code. It is saved in your user profile’s mcp.json as an http server.
  4. Open Copilot Chat in agent mode and check that the gadwal tools are listed.

What VS Code saves

{
"name": "gadwal",
"type": "http",
"url": "http://127.0.0.1:55183/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <token>" }
}