Anakin for VS Code

Adds the hosted Anakin MCP server to VS Code, so the chat agent can scrape, crawl, search and research the web. You sign in to anakin.io with OAuth the first time a tool runs. There is no API key to paste and the extension stores no credentials.

What the agent gets

The server at https://mcp.anakin.io/mcp exposes the Anakin tools, including:

Tool	What it does
scrape	Fetch one URL as markdown, or as structured JSON extracted by AI. Can render JavaScript-heavy pages in a browser.
search	Web search with titles, URLs and snippets.
map	List the URLs reachable on a domain.
crawl	Crawl a site and return the content of each page.
agentic_search	Multi-step research that searches, reads sources and returns a cited answer.
browser_task	Have a hosted browser carry out a task described in plain language.
monitor_create, monitor_changes	Watch a page and report what changed.
wire_catalog, wire_read_action, wire_write_action	Run prebuilt actions against supported websites.

The full, current list is shown in VS Code once the server is running (Chat view, then Configure Tools).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.101 or later with chat (GitHub Copilot) enabled.
• An Anakin account. The free tier includes 500 credits and needs no card; sign up at anakin.io or during the first sign-in.

Getting started

1. Install the extension.
2. Open the Chat view and switch to Agent mode.
3. Ask for something that needs the web, for example Use Anakin to scrape https://example.com and summarize it.
4. On the first tool call, VS Code asks you to sign in to anakin.io. Approve the consent screen and the call continues.

You can also manage the server from the Command Palette: MCP: List Servers, then Anakin, to start, stop or sign out. Anakin: Show Setup Instructions shows these steps again.

Cursor and other VS Code-based editors

The extension is also published on Open VSX.

• Cursor: the extension registers the server through Cursor's own MCP extension API. Open Cursor Settings, then MCP, and sign in to anakin.io when prompted.

• Editors without an MCP extension API: the extension shows a one-time notice with a Copy MCP Config button. Paste the copied block into the editor's MCP configuration:

  {
    "mcpServers": {
      "anakin": { "url": "https://mcp.anakin.io/mcp" }
    }
  }

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
anakin.serverUrl	https://mcp.anakin.io/mcp	MCP server URL. Machine-scoped, so a workspace cannot override it. Must be https:// (http:// is accepted only for localhost).

Privacy

The extension only tells the editor where the Anakin MCP server is. Sign-in, token storage and tool calls are handled by the editor's built-in MCP client. Pages you ask the agent to fetch are processed by Anakin under the Anakin privacy policy.

Development

npm ci
npm run compile
npm test                    # unit tests (vitest)
npm run test:integration    # runs the extension in a real VS Code (downloads stable)
npm run package             # builds anakin-<version>.vsix

Set VSCODE_EXECUTABLE to run the integration tests against a local VS Code build instead of downloading one.

Links

• Docs: https://anakin.io/docs/integrations/ide-plugins/mcp-server
• Issues: https://github.com/Anakin-Inc/vscode-anakin/issues
• Standalone MCP server (stdio, API key): @anakin-io/mcp

License

Apache-2.0