Devin Desktop
Cognition ยท Code editor, Editor extension
Cognition's desktop coding app for macOS, Windows and Linux, renamed from Windsurf to Devin Desktop; it keeps the editor and adds a view for running several agents at once. MCP servers are installed from the Customize page or written into a config file at project, local or user scope, and it supports stdio, SSE and Streamable HTTP, each with OAuth.
Facts
How to add a server to Devin Desktop
- Find the server you want on plug.directory and open its page.
- In its install block, pick Devin Desktop. The block shows the config and where it goes.
- Put the config in ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json. Then check the server's tools in Devin Desktop, as its docs describe.
For example, Azure MCP Server, one of the top ranked servers that work in Devin Desktop, goes in ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"azure": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@azure/[email protected]", "server", "start"]
}
}
} How to add an MCP server to Devin Desktop: local and remote
Matches the official docs The config follows Devin Desktop's MCP docs, read on 2026-10-31.
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Facts read from Cognition's own pages on 2026-10-31; the description is ours, from its site. Every client