Using Hydracept in VS Code

The VS Code / GitHub Copilot gallery connector is https://api.hydracept.com/mcp/vscode. When VS Code asks you to sign in, use your Hydracept account and choose Allow. That connection is OAuth. Do not paste a Hydracept API key. This URL rejects API keys.

The gallery connection includes text, reasoning, structured execution, jobs, quoting, and receipts. It does not generate images, video, audio, or 3D.

Install from the MCP gallery

After Hydracept is listed in the Official MCP Registry (and therefore the GitHub MCP Registry / VS Code MCP gallery), open the Extensions view, search @mcp Hydracept, and install com.hydracept/vscode. Complete the browser sign-in when prompted.

Deep link after publish: Open in VS Code.

Manual mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "hydracept": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.hydracept.com/mcp/vscode"
    }
  }
}

The full hosted MCP is a separate install at https://api.hydracept.com/mcp. That install uses a Hydracept API key as a bearer token, and it is not this gallery listing. Add it only when you need image, video, audio, 3D, or the rest of the public catalog.