How to use Athanor in VS Code

Athanor's MCP server is free and needs no account. VS Code (with GitHub Copilot) connects to it at:

https://mcp-athanor.arbastro.com/mcp

Steps

1. Open the Command Palette and run Chat: Open Customizations.
2. Select MCP Servers, then Add Server (+).
3. Choose HTTP, enter https://mcp-athanor.arbastro.com/mcp, and name it athanor.
4. Open Copilot Chat in agent mode and pick athanor in the tools list.
5. Ask: Use Athanor to name CCO. It should call the name tool and answer ethanol.

Or edit the configuration file

Add this to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "athanor": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp-athanor.arbastro.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Setup taken from VS Code's MCP documentation.

The tools it gets are listed in MCP tools. If they do not show up, see MCP troubleshooting.