vscode-server

USE THIS SKILL for all /vscode-server:* commands

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Install this agent skill to your Project

npx add-skill https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/development/vscode-server

SKILL.md

VS Code Server Skill

Manage code-server development environment for testing VS Code extensions.

Action Routing

Action	File
start	`start.md`
stop	`stop.md`
reload	`reload.md`
status	`status.md`

Read the file, then follow its instructions.

Commands

Command	Action
`/vscode-server:start`	start
`/vscode-server:stop`	stop
`/vscode-server:reload [--devtools]`	reload
`/vscode-server:status`	status

Temp Directory

Temp files are stored in /tmp/vscode-dev-<hash>/ where hash is derived from project path:

bash

PROJECT_HASH=$(echo "$(pwd)" | md5sum | cut -c1-8)
TMP_DIR="/tmp/vscode-dev-${PROJECT_HASH}"

Files:

$TMP_DIR/port - code-server port
$TMP_DIR/watch.pid - watch mode PID
$TMP_DIR/watch.log - watch mode output

Helper Scripts

scripts/start-dev-environment.sh - Start symlink, build, watch, and code-server
scripts/status.sh - Show status of watch mode and code-server
scripts/stop.sh - Stop all processes and clean up temp files
scripts/get-port.sh - Get the code-server port from temp file

DevTools Note

Chrome only allows one DevTools client at a time. If you manually open DevTools (F12) while chrome-devtools-mcp is connected, the MCP will crash/disconnect.

Workaround: Configure MCP with --devtools flag to launch Chrome with DevTools already open.