Install TidyTools: AI, SEO, leads, transcripts, ads, forecasts and web data in VS Code
What you need first
- VS Code, installed.
- Nothing else: the server runs on its publisher's machines and VS Code connects to it.
Steps
- In your project, create
.vscode/mcp.json, or open it. For every project, run MCP: Open User Configuration from the Command Palette instead. - Add this block. If the file already has
servers, add only the entry inside it.
{
"servers": {
"tidytools-apify-tools": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=tidytools/company-website-enrichment,tidytools/website-contact-extractor,tidytools/website-markdown-crawler,tidytools/document-to-markdown,tidytools/audio-transcriber,tidytools/ai-crawler-access-checker,tidytools/smart-fetch,tidytools/regional-price-check,tidytools/places-database,tidytools/ats-job-search,tidytools/ads-transparency,tidytools/domain-authority,tidytools/youtube-transcript,tidytools/google-trends-scraper,tidytools/amazon-product-scraper,tidytools/product-price-tracker,tidytools/pagespeed-insights-bulk,tidytools/website-traffic-rank,tidytools/domain-overview,tidytools/backlink-gap,tidytools/sec-form-d-scraper,tidytools/polymarket-kalshi-scraper,tidytools/y-combinator-scraper,tidytools/eventbrite-luma-events,tidytools/ai-web-data-extractor,tidytools/image-to-text-ocr,tidytools/ai-page-classifier,tidytools/seo-audit-crawler,tidytools/bulk-url-status-checker,tidytools/youtube-video-transcript,tidytools/google-maps-email-extractor,tidytools/website-contact-extractor-bulk,tidytools/tiktok-transcript,tidytools/website-email-finder-crm,tidytools/facebook-ads-library-scraper,tidytools/podcast-rss-transcriber,tidytools/audio-to-text-files,tidytools/video-transcript-files,tidytools/website-email-scraper-roles,tidytools/text-to-speech,tidytools/time-series-forecast,tidytools/company-team-leadership,tidytools/ai-answer-visibility,tidytools/b2b-lead-lists"
}
}
} - Save the file and choose Start above the server's entry, or run MCP: List Servers. Its tools appear in Copilot Chat's agent mode.
Check it worked
Ask VS Code: List the tools of tidytools-apify-tools.
If it does not start
- 401 Unauthorized
- The endpoint wants a sign-in or a key. Sign in when VS Code asks.
- Nothing changes after a restart
- The file is not valid JSON any more. Look for a missing comma where the block was added.
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