Navigating Authentication in VS Code

This week, VS Code engineer Tyler Leonhardt joins the podcast to give an update on the latest enhancements to MCP authentication for developers and how the VS Code team is leveraging MCP to help developer VS Code with help of the Playwright, GitHub, and other MCP servers. James also got a chance to sit down with Kent C. Dodds at the MCP Dev Days to better understand how MCP is evolving his workflow and how he sees its impact going forward.

Follow VS Code:

• X: https://x.com/code
• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vscode.dev
• YouTube: https://youtube.com/code
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/104107263
• GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode

Special Guests: Kent C. Dodds and Tyler Leonhardt.

Links:

• August Iteration Plan
• MCP Auth in VS Code
• Building an MCP inside VS Code
• Video of MCP in VS Code in Action
• Playwright MCP
• Kent C. Dodds
• EpicAI
• Kent's Talk at MCP Dev Days