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Connect Pomeroy to VS Code

Yes, VS Code works with Pomeroy. Pomeroy sets itself up in VS Code with one click. Then VS Code can reach Mail, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Contacts, Messages, Maps, Shortcuts and Weather on your Mac, each app behind its own switch in Pomeroy, and nothing leaves your Mac except what you ask for.

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How to connect Pomeroy to VS Code

Pomeroy lists the assistants it finds on this Mac, so install VS Code first if it is not there yet. Coming back to Pomeroy’s window re-checks.

1
Download Pomeroy and switch on your apps.
Open the download, drag Pomeroy into Applications, and open it. Pomeroy opens a setup window listing every app it can connect. Switch on the ones you want, and macOS asks you to approve each.
2
Press Set up beside VS Code.
Pomeroy opens VS Code's own install link. VS Code adds pomeroy to your user MCP configuration and asks you to trust it before starting it the first time.
3
Check VS Code.
In VS Code, run MCP: List Servers from the Command Palette and pomeroy is listed as running. In Copilot chat, agent mode shows Pomeroy's tools.
4
Ask VS Code something.
Try “What’s on my calendar today?” and a real answer comes back.

The configuration, in full

You do not need it — Set up writes it for you. The documentation has the exact text, where it goes, how to check it worked, and how to use the local HTTP endpoint.

What VS Code can do with each app

One page per app: what VS Code can and cannot do there, the macOS prompt to expect, and things to ask.

VS Code does not show Pomeroy's tools.

Then press Set up again in Pomeroy, under Settings › Assistants: every way Pomeroy sets an assistant up is safe to run twice. Then check that the app you asked about is switched on in Pomeroy: an app that is off serves no tools. Pomeroy's menu bar shows whether VS Code is connected right now.

Pomeroy did not list VS Code.

Pomeroy looks for VS Code the way macOS does: by its app, by its command in the usual install locations, and by the folder it keeps its settings in. If VS Code is installed somewhere unusual, paste the configuration above by hand; the connection works whether or not Pomeroy found VS Code first.

Nothing comes back when I ask.

Check that the app you asked about is switched on in Pomeroy, and that the week's 50 free actions are not used up. Pomeroy says so in the answer if they are, and the count refills a week after it started.

Other AI assistants

Not here: claude.ai, ChatGPT and Grok on the web. Why.

Try Pomeroy with VS Code.

Get 50 actions every week. No Pomeroy account or payment card required. Requires macOS 15 or later.