How to add an MCP server to Augment Code

Augment Code reads its MCP servers from Augment Settings Panel – MCP section – Import from JSON (VS Code extension) and connects to them over stdio (a local process), Streamable HTTP and HTTP+SSE. 119,781 of the 123,032 servers we can write a config for work in it.

A local server

A local server runs on your machine, started by Augment Code from its package. It needs Node.js installed first. For example, Azure MCP Server goes in Augment Settings Panel – MCP section – Import from JSON (VS Code extension):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@azure/[email protected]", "server", "start"]
    }
  }
}

Every step for this server in Augment Code

A remote server

A remote server runs on its publisher's machines, and Augment Code connects to its address. Nothing needs installing. For example, Context7 goes in Augment Settings Panel – MCP section – Import from JSON (VS Code extension):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context7": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.context7.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Every step for this server in Augment Code

Which servers work in Augment Code

Augment Code cannot send a header to a remote server, so the 3,251 servers that need a key in one do not work in it.

Runs	Servers	In Augment Code?
Local (stdio)	85,194	Works
Remote, Streamable HTTP	30,876	Works
Remote, Streamable HTTP, key in a header	3,204	No
Remote, HTTP+SSE	3,711	Works
Remote, HTTP+SSE, key in a header	47	No

If the server does not show up

Matches the official docs The configs follow Augment Code's MCP docs, read on 2026-11-01.

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