Visual Studio Code

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settings.json

1. Ensure that you have VSCode v101 or above.
2. Press Ctrl (or Cmd) + Shift + P.
3. Go to User Settings JSON, then add the following section:

"mcp": {
  "servers": {
    "alchemyst-context-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.getalchemystai.com/mcp/sse",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ALCHEMYST_PLATFORM_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. You will see a faint Start button popping right up on top of the snippet you pasted from above. Your MCP will be ready to use!

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Interactive setup

1. Ensure that you have VSCode v101 or above.
2. Press Ctrl (or Cmd) + Shift + P.
3. Type MCP
4. You will see an option called MCP: Add Server.... Select that.
5. You will see multiple options for MCP transport, select ‘HTTP (HTTP or Server-sent events)’. Select that.
6. Enter the URL: https://mcp.getalchemystai.com/mcp/sse
7. Select a server ID. This is going to be your server name.
8. You will be asked if the settings is to be saved for your User-level settings.json or Workspace.
9. You will then be redirected to the respective settings.json file.
10. Then edit the headers inside the MCP server object in settings.json with

"headers": {
  "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ALCHEMYST_PLATFORM_API_KEY"
}