Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
We experienced that to start MCP servers via the SDK on Windows, you need to start a command interpreter (e.g. cmd.exe) as the server command in order for path lookups to work as expected
e.g. like this:
"filesystem": {
"command": "cmd",
"args": ["/C", "npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Desktop"],
"env": {
"CUSTOM_ENV_VAR": "custom-value"
}
}
Describe the solution you'd like
Would be nice to hide this in the client SDK to hide the complexity from the user, at least with a sensible default for Windows.
Describe alternatives you've considered
none
Additional context
We have documented this work around for our users: https://theia-ide.org/docs/user_ai/#mcp-integration
See also: https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2024/12/19/theia-ide-and-theia-ai-support-mcp/
mickeiik, derekwilling, viocha and qwefgh90
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