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VS Code adds Melso as a remote HTTP server that GitHub Copilot chat can use. Install it from the link below, or add it yourself, then sign in with Melso.

Add Melso to VS Code

Opens VS Code and offers to install the Melso server with URL https://mcp.melso.ai/mcp. Then start it and sign in.
The link needs VS Code installed on this computer. The full link, to paste into a browser:
It decodes to {"name":"melso","type":"http","url":"https://mcp.melso.ai/mcp"} and carries no token or account identifier. For VS Code Insiders, replace vscode: with vscode-insiders:. This page covers VS Code’s own chat with GitHub Copilot. It says nothing about other Copilot products.

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Before you start

  • VS Code with GitHub Copilot chat set up and MCP servers allowed. An organization can restrict MCP servers by policy.
  • A Melso account in the company you want VS Code to use.
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Install the server

Select Add Melso to VS Code and confirm. If nothing opens, run MCP: Add Server from the Command Palette and add an HTTP server with URL https://mcp.melso.ai/mcp and name melso, or use the manual configuration below.
2

Start and trust the server

Run MCP: List Servers, select melso and start it. Confirm that you trust it when VS Code asks.
3

Sign in with Melso

VS Code opens a browser for the OAuth flow. Sign in, choose the company and review the requested access.
4

Make the first read

In the chat view, in agent mode, ask: “Read my Melso company without changing anything.”

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Manual configuration

For one workspace, add Melso to .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: Open User Configuration to add it for your user profile instead. The wrapper key is servers:
Do not add headers or tokens. Do not commit a populated authentication header.

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First request

Chat calls company, as in Try a first read. Then ask for your expenses: expenses with {"action": "list"} reads them without changing anything. The tool catalog lists every tool; what you see depends on the plan, your role and setup (Permissions and approvals). VS Code asks you to approve tool calls; keep that on for actions that change records. Chat can draft invoices. It issues one only when the owner asks, through the owner’s own connection, and the prerequisites are met; otherwise the owner issues it in the Melso app. No tool approves, files or pays a tax return. If Melso’s tools change, run MCP: Reset Cached Tools.

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Disconnect

  • In VS Code: remove melso from mcp.json, or stop it from MCP: List Servers.
  • In Melso: Configuración, tab MCP, then Desconectar next to the connection.

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If something fails

  • The link does not open VS Code. Use MCP: Add Server or the manual configuration.
  • The server does not start. Check that type is http and the URL is exact.
  • Sign-in and tool list problems: see Troubleshooting.

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Source and verification

The link follows VS Code’s MCP installation URL format, and the configuration and commands follow the MCP configuration reference. Both were checked on 20 October 2026. This confirms the documented format, not a tested connection in your account.