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Quick Start with GitHub Copilot

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1. Install Auggie CLI (Pre-release version)

npm install -g @augmentcode/auggie@prerelease

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2. Sign in to Augment

auggie login
This will open a browser window for authentication.

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3. Configure the MCP server in GitHub Copilot

  • Please create the following file at the root of your project: .vscode/mcp.json
  • Paste this content inside and Save
{
  "servers": {
    "augmentcode": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "auggie",
      "args": ["--mcp", "-m", "default"]
    }
  },
  "inputs": []
}

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4. Test the integration

Prompt this in AGENT MODE: “What is this project? Please use codebase retrieval tool to get the answer.” Copilot should confirm it has access to the codebase-retrieval tool. Copilot test