Generic MCP Configuration

Configure Glider with any MCP-compatible client.

Prerequisite

Prerequisite: .NET 10 SDK must be installed before running dotnet tool install --global glider.

Recommendation: Project/Workspace Scope

When possible, configure Glider per project/workspace (not globally). This avoids launching it for unrelated projects (and can reduce token usage).

macOS / Windows / Linux: ensure glider is on PATH

Most clients can run glider directly if your .NET tools directory is on PATH.

# bash/zsh
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.dotnet/tools"
which glider

Stdio Transport (common: mcpServers JSON)

Many clients (Cursor, Gemini CLI, Pi, etc.) use this format. Replace the file location with your client’s recommended project/workspace config file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glider": {
      "command": "glider",
      "args": ["--default-timeout", "30m"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code / Copilot (mcp.json)

VS Code uses a different config format (see VS Code docs: code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/customization/mcp-servers).

{
  "servers": {
    "glider": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "glider",
      "args": ["--default-timeout", "30m"]
    }
  }
}

HTTP Transport

If your client requires HTTP, start Glider in HTTP mode and point the client at http://localhost:5001/mcp. This example raises the async-tool timeout to 30 minutes; --default-timeout also accepts values like 45s or 0:

# Start Glider in HTTP mode
glider --transport http --default-timeout 30m

# Then configure your client to connect to:
# http://localhost:5001/mcp

HTTP Transport (common: mcpServers JSON)

For clients that accept a URL in mcpServers, use this shape after starting Glider in HTTP mode.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glider": {
      "url": "http://localhost:5001/mcp"
    }
  }
}

HTTP Transport (VS Code / Copilot)

For VS Code and GitHub Copilot Chat, use type: "http" and the same local endpoint.

{
  "servers": {
    "glider": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "http://localhost:5001/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Environment Variables

# Custom port and timeout for HTTP transport
glider --transport http --port 8080 --default-timeout 30m