How to document to setup Draw io mcp in VS Code ?

[munnro1]

Hello,
Can you share how to set up the MCP with following environment

1. IDE: VS Code
2. GitHub coplit
   Constraint: Local host

I see MCP tool Server approach fits but it was mentioned it supports claude desktop

[fernandogonzalezfernandez]

I have been able to configure it by following these steps:

1. Clone the drawio-mcp repository:
   1. cd C:\my\parent\path
   2. git clone https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-mcp.git
2. Go to the mcp-tool-server directory and install the dependencies
   1. cd drawio-mcp\mcp-tool-server
   2. npm install (you need Node.js to be installed in your system).
3. Open VSCode, edit your mcp.json file (shortcut: open the Command Palette and select MCP: Open User Configuration or MCP: Open Workspace Folder MCP configuration) and add the server:

{
	"servers": {
		"drawio-tool-server": {
			"type": "stdio",
			"command": "powershell",
			"args": [
				"-NoLogo",
				"-NoProfile",
				"-Command",
				"Set-Location 'C:\\my\\parent\\path\\drawio-mcp\\mcp-tool-server'; npm start"
			]
		}
	}
}

The command and arg sections above are for Windows hosts, but the they should be easy to adapt to Linux and Bash environments.