MCP config for copilot-cli#38333
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does this have to be in the root of the repo? |
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Pull request overview
Adds a repository-root .mcp.json configuration so copilot-cli can discover and launch MCP servers (Azure SDK MCP via PowerShell and GitHub Agentic Workflows via gh aw).
Changes:
- Introduces
.mcp.jsonwith anmcpServersmap forcopilot-cli. - Configures
azure-sdk-mcpto runeng/common/mcp/azure-sdk-mcp.ps1 -Runover stdio. - Adds a
github-agentic-workflowsserver entry that runsgh aw mcp-server.
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GitHub mcp server migration creates it in repo root. But it could be in .github/ too. |
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I would love to keep it out of the root if possible |
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I tested it by moving it to .github/mcp.json but copilot is not loading. I would like to merge this for now and continue to check whether it's supported from github folder. |
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Adds .mcp.json to support MCP servers from copilot-cli