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Open Profiles and select MCP Servers (e.g. File - Preferences - Profiles). Double Click on MCP Servers.
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This either opens the file mcp.json, or states the file was not found.
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Fill in the required fields Server name, Server description, and Server URL
{
"servers": {
"OneTick-Cloud": {
"url": "https://mcp.cloud.onetick.com/mcp"
}
},
"inputs": []
}
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Save the file.
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This should result in a MCP Servers being enabled: "OneTick-Cloud." Click "Start," which should appear under the "servers" tag.
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After a few seconds a dialog should open to: The MCP Server Definition 'OneTick-Cloud' wants to authenticate to mcp.cloud.onetick.com. Click "Allow."
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Another dialog opens showing: Do you want Code to open the external website? Click "Open."
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A New browser window is opened. Click "Allow Access."
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This redirects the page to the OneTick Cloud Login. Please login as usual to OneTick Cloud using your userid and password.
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This redirects stating 'Sign-on Successful! Returning to Visual Studio Code...." and opens a further dialog "Open Visual Studio Code?" Click "Open Visual Studio Code."
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Returning back to Visual Studio, with "Start" replaced with "Running."
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Verify servers are connected: Ctrl+Shift+P → MCP: List Servers.
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Open GitHub Copilot Chat to use the OneTick tools.
