Tips and tricks

So far, we’ve gone through the basics, but what else is there to know? Well, there are quite a few different settings. A complete listing of features can be found at this docs page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/chat/mcp-servers.

Debugging

As a developer, knowing how to debug is a critical skill, so let’s show how to do that. Currently, Node.js debugging is supported, according to the documentation (https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/customization/mcp-servers#_debug-an-mcp-server):

"server-ts": {
    "command": "node",
    "args": ["08 - consuming servers/code/build/index.js"],
    "dev": {
        "watch": "08 - consuming servers/code/build/**/*.js",
        "debug": { "type": "node" }
    }
}

According to the preceding configuration, what you need to do is this:

1. Set up your command and args properties...