preview_url
Open URLs within VSCode’s integrated browser
How to use it
preview_url is exposed by the Vscode As MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the preview_url tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
FULL VSCODE AS MCP SERVER LISTINGOther tools in Vscode As MCP Server (8)
Retrieve current diagnostics for your code
Execute commands in VSCode’s integrated terminal
Focus specific locations within files
Fetch output from a specified terminal
/ startdebugsession / restartdebugsession / stopdebugsession: Manage debug sessions
List directory contents in a tree format
/ executevscodecommand: List and execute arbitrary VSCode commands
File operations (view, replace, create, insert, undo)