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Windsurf has first-class MCP support. VS Code itself doesn't, but Continue, Cline, and Copilot Chat all do — same Crawlbase config, four places to drop it.

Windsurf (officially supported)

Windsurf is an officially supported client for Crawlbase MCP. Configuration:

  1. Open Windsurf → File → Preferences → Windsurf Settings → General → MCP Servers → Manage MCPs → View raw config.
  2. Add the Crawlbase entry to mcp_config.json:
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crawlbase": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@crawlbase/mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "CRAWLBASE_TOKEN": "YOUR_TOKEN",
        "CRAWLBASE_JS_TOKEN": "YOUR_JS_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Save and restart Windsurf. The Crawlbase tools appear in the MCP panel.

VS Code (via assistant extensions)

VS Code itself doesn't ship MCP support, but the popular AI assistants for it do. Pick whichever you already use.

Continue

Continue is a popular open-source AI assistant for VS Code. It supports MCP servers in its YAML config:

mcpServers:
  - name: crawlbase
    type: stdio
    command: npx
    args:
      - "@crawlbase/mcp@latest"
    env:
      CRAWLBASE_TOKEN: YOUR_TOKEN
      CRAWLBASE_JS_TOKEN: YOUR_JS_TOKEN

Reload Continue and the tools appear in the agent panel.

Cline

Cline (formerly Claude Dev) has a settings UI for MCP servers. Open Cline → Settings → MCP Servers → Add, and paste:

{
  "crawlbase": {
    "type": "stdio",
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["@crawlbase/mcp@latest"],
    "env": {
      "CRAWLBASE_TOKEN": "YOUR_TOKEN",
      "CRAWLBASE_JS_TOKEN": "YOUR_JS_TOKEN"
    }
  }
}

GitHub Copilot Chat

Copilot Chat has MCP support. Open VS Code Settings, search for "MCP", enable the integration, then add via the same JSON shape used above to ~/.config/Code/User/mcp.json.

Pick whichever you already use

All four options use identical Crawlbase config. Windsurf is the official upstream-supported client; the three VS Code options work just as well — Continue is most extensible, Cline is most agentic, Copilot is most native.

Usage

Once configured, the workflow is the same as in Cursor or Claude Desktop:

Crawl https://docs.example.com/openapi.json and generate a typed
client for the /users endpoints in TypeScript.

The assistant calls crawl to fetch the spec, parses it, and edits files in your workspace.