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Troubleshoot Visual Studio Code and Proxies

How to troubleshoot problems connecting VS Code with a proxy… You can configure Visual Studio Code (VS Code) to connect through network proxies, ensuring added security… Example Windows global log location %APPDATA%\Code\logs\ %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft VS Code\logs\ Example

Copilot MCP Server Integration

How to connect the VS Code Github Copilot integration to your Model Context Protocol (MCP) server… Click Add to VS Code. VS Code will open… The latest version of VS Code

MCP Server Quickstart Guide

To access documentation, one-click add-ons for Cursor and VS Code, and agent connection example code,… Example connection flow (VS Code)… JSON connection code

Install the Visual Studio Code Integration

How to install and configure the AI-powered Visual Studio Code Integration… Explain, refactor, and analyze code with the Explain Code feature (learn more)… NOTE: To use the VS Code AI integration, your Stack Overflow site must have Unified Search enabled

Configure the MCP Server

Gemini) AI Coding Assistants (Cursor, GitHub Copilot via VS Code, Windsurf, JetBrains AI Assistant… There you'll find helpful information, code samples, documentation links, and more… can add the MCP server to any MCP-compatible tool including: AI Assistants (ChatGPT, Claude Code

MCP Server Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

The MCP Server uses PKCE (Proof Key for Code Exchange) with SHA-256 and cryptographically random code… Yes, Github Copiilot can connect MCP servers via the IDE (commonly VS Code) How does MCP handle future… Stack overflow provides one click add-ons to your favorite AI tools like Cursor and VS Code

Explain Code with the Visual Studio Code Integration

Use the AI-powered Visual Studio Code Integration to explain, optimize, and debug code… Code review If you come across a piece of code that seems unfamiliar or overly complex during a code… The Explain Code feature of the Stack Overflow for Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VSC) extension can help

Explain Errors with the Visual Studio Code Integration

Use the AI-powered Visual Studio Code Integration to explain errors in your code… PDF VERSION Tags | AI | Visual Studio Code | VSC | Integrations | Errors | This documentation… The Explain Error feature of the Stack Overflow Visual Studio Code (VSC) extension searches the vast

Syntax Highlighting in Code Blocks

How to set syntax highlighting for code at the tag level… PDF VERSION Tags | Code Blocks | Syntax Highlighting | Markdown | Tags | Stack Overflow… Internal applies syntax highlighting to blocks of code in questions and answers

Secure API Token Generation with OAuth and PKCE

How to use OAuth Authorization Code flow with Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) to generate secure API tokens… The code verifier is a random string, and the code challenge is a hashed version of the code verifier… Use the Ping Identity tool (or any other PKCE code generator) to generate the code verifier and code