Add the Milvus MCP server to VS Code

Prerequisites

• VS Code installed.
• MILVUS_URI — URI of the Milvus instance (e.g. http://localhost:19530 or a Zilliz Cloud endpoint).

Setup

{
  "servers": {
    "milvus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/mcp-server-milvus/src/mcp_server_milvus/server.py",
        "--milvus-uri",
        "http://localhost:19530"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MILVUS_URI": "<MILVUS_URI>",
        "MILVUS_TOKEN": "<MILVUS_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.