MCP clients
Where each client keeps its MCP config, the exact format it expects, and how to check a server loaded.
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Feature support
from each client’s docs| Client | stdio | Remote (HTTP) | Project config | Agent skills |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cursor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| VS Code | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Claude Desktop | ✓ | — | ✓ | — |
| Codex | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gemini CLI | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windsurf | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Devin | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Antigravity | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| ChatGPT | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Zed | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Cline | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Continue | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Goose | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| JetBrains AI Assistant | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |