The newly released Visual Studio Code 1.103, also known as the July 2025 version of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code editor, adds the ability to configure auto-start behavior for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Announced August 7, VS Code 1.103 can be downloaded for Windows, Linux, and Mac from visualstudio.com. For MCP, a standard protocol that allows applications to provide context to large language models, the newly added support for auto-starting MCP servers means VS Code users no ...
