Add the Jenkins MCP server to VS Code

Prerequisites

• VS Code installed.
• MCP_JENKINS_URL — URL of your Jenkins controller. Comma-separated for multiple instances.
• MCP_JENKINS_USER — Jenkins username used to authenticate. Comma-separated to match multiple instances.
• MCP_JENKINS_API_TOKEN — Jenkins API token for the user, generated under your Jenkins account's security settings.

Setup

{
  "servers": {
    "jenkins": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "--yes",
        "@kud/mcp-jenkins@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_JENKINS_URL": "<MCP_JENKINS_URL>",
        "MCP_JENKINS_USER": "<MCP_JENKINS_USER>",
        "MCP_JENKINS_API_TOKEN": "<MCP_JENKINS_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gotchas

• VS Code uses the `servers` key (not `mcpServers`) and requires `type`.

VS Code is the exception to every other client: its top-level key is "servers", not "mcpServers", and each entry needs an explicit "type" (for example "http" or "stdio"). Secrets are not inlined; instead you declare an "inputs" array and reference each value as ${input:id}, so VS Code prompts for it once and never writes it to disk. Remote servers connect natively with OAuth.