# MCP Server Settings

The **MCP Server** settings section lets you connect coding assistants and agent-powered IDEs to Fiddler Everywhere through the [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://www.telerik.com/fiddler/fiddler-everywhere/documentation/agent-tools/fiddler-mcp-server). The section contains two tabs: **Coding agent** for one-click automated setup, and **Manual setup** for manual configuration.

The **MCP Output Sanitization is Enabled** indicator in the top-right corner shows whether output sanitization is active. You can control sanitization rules through [**Settings** > **Sanitization**](https://www.telerik.com/fiddler/fiddler-everywhere/documentation/user-guide/settings/sanitization).

## Coding Agent Tab

The **Coding agent** tab provides one-click configuration for the most popular coding tools. The following clients are supported:

* **VS Code** (GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code)
* **Cursor**
* **Claude Code**
* **GitHub Copilot CLI**
* **Codex CLI**

Click the card for your tool to automatically generate an API key and write the correct MCP configuration file. Once configured, the card displays a **Configured** status indicator.

## Manual Setup Tab

The **Manual setup** tab exposes the raw server settings and per-tool JSON configuration snippets for manual integration.

* **Listens on port**: The local port the MCP server listens on. Default value is `8868`. Changing this port requires restarting the MCP server.

* **Server URL**: The full URL of the MCP server endpoint derived from the configured port (for example, `http://localhost:8868/mcp`). Use this URL when configuring MCP clients manually.

* **API Key**: A unique key used to authenticate MCP client requests. Click **Generate** to create a new key. Copy the key using the copy icon before navigating away, as it is not shown again in full.

* **Configuration**: Per-tool JSON configuration snippets ready to paste into your client's MCP configuration file. Select the tab for your tool (**VS Code**, **Cursor**, **Claude Code**, **GitHub Copilot CLI**, or **Codex CLI**) and copy the displayed JSON.

## See Also

* [Fiddler MCP Server](https://www.telerik.com/fiddler/fiddler-everywhere/documentation/agent-tools/fiddler-mcp-server)
* [Sanitization Settings](https://www.telerik.com/fiddler/fiddler-everywhere/documentation/user-guide/settings/sanitization)
* [Fiddler Agent Skills](https://www.telerik.com/fiddler/fiddler-everywhere/documentation/agent-tools/agent-skills)