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Connect an agent

Give an AI tool access to your GigaRAG Workspace, so it can search, read and write your memos while it works.

Visual Studio

Use your memos from Copilot agent mode in Visual Studio 2022 and 2026.

Install in one click

Install in Visual Studio opens the app and adds GigaRAG, then signs in with your GigaRAG account.

Or use the GigaRAG CLI

One command connects Visual Studio and every other AI tool on this machine. Signing in happens in your browser, so no key is written into any config file.

npm install -g gigarag
gigarag login
gigarag connect

Restart Visual Studio afterwards. Nothing here expires, and gigarag connect --remove takes GigaRAG back out of everything it touched.

Sign in with GigaRAG

Connect without a key: Visual Studio opens your browser, you sign in to GigaRAG and pick this workspace.

  1. 1.

    Open Chat, switch to Agent mode, then Tools, then +

    In Visual Studio 2026 choose Add custom MCP server. Name it gigarag and paste the URL below.

  2. 2.

    Paste this as the server URL

    Server URL
    https://mcp.gigarag.com/mcp
  3. 3.

    Click Authentication Required above the server, and sign in

    Pick the workspace to share and approve.

Or set it up by hand

Visual Studio's docs show only the URL. It reads the same file format as VS Code, which does send headers, but if the key is refused, use sign-in instead.

  1. 1.

    Add GigaRAG to your user MCP config

    %USERPROFILE%\.mcp.json
    {
  "servers": {
    "gigarag": {
      "url": "https://mcp.gigarag.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <api-key>" }
    }
  }
}
  2. 2.

    Restart Visual Studio

Check it worked

Send this once it is connected. An answer drawn from your workspace means the connection is live.

List my GigaRAG buckets.

Written from the official docs: MCP servers in Visual Studio