A VS Code extension that registers the BIGVIEW MCP Server v3 as an MCP HTTP server and deploys the Agente Bigview agent mode globally, making all BIGVIEWSAS AI development agents available directly in GitHub Copilot Chat.

Description

This extension does two things:

Registers the BIGVIEW MCP Server v3 as an MCP HTTP server in VS Code. The server is a .NET 9 Model Context Protocol server that exposes tools across multiple modules (agent management, squads, standards validation, compliance, model optimizer, Azure DevOps, GitHub, SonarQube, and more). Authentication is handled via X-Api-Key header — no OAuth popup.
Deploys Agente Bigview — the session guardian and entry point for all BIGVIEWSAS development sessions — as a global VS Code agent mode. On every activation, the extension writes the latest version of agente-bigview.agent.md to %APPDATA%/Code/User/prompts/ (or the equivalent on macOS/Linux), making it available across all workspaces. The file is set read-only and hidden so it cannot be accidentally modified outside the extension.

Prerequisites

VS Code 1.99+ with GitHub Copilot Chat and MCP HTTP transport support enabled
A BIGVIEW API Key (bvsas_...) — obtained from the admin portal → Licencias
.NET 9 SDK (only required to run the server from source)

Installation

Option A — From the .vsix package

code --install-extension bigview-mcp-server-3.3.5.vsix

On first activation, the extension will prompt for your bvsas_... API key, write mcp.json automatically, and register this VS Code instance with the MCPFront portal.

Option B — Build from source

cd src/v2/vscode-extension
npx @vscode/vsce package --no-dependencies
# Produces: bigview-mcp-server-3.3.5.vsix
code --install-extension bigview-mcp-server-3.3.5.vsix

Option C — Manual MCP registration only

Add this to your user-level mcp.json (%APPDATA%\Code\User\mcp.json on Windows):

{
  "servers": {
    "bigview-mcp-v3": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://bv-ind-dev-mcp-server-v3.mangoisland-985f1edb.eastus.azurecontainerapps.io/mcp",
      "headers": { "X-Api-Key": "bvsas_..." }
    }
  }
}

Azure Deployment (default)

The extension points to the shared development environment by default:

https://bv-ind-dev-mcp-server-v3.mangoisland-985f1edb.eastus.azurecontainerapps.io/mcp

Available MCP Tools

#	Category	Tools
1	Agent Workforce	`ag_list_agents`, `ag_get_agent`, `ag_invoke_agent`, `ag_render_user_story`
2	Squads	Squad creation, assignment, performance
3	Standards Validation	Code validation against BIGVIEWSAS rules
4	Compliance	SOC I/II, ISO 27001, ISO 25010 reports
5	Model Optimizer	Model recommendation, token estimation, cost comparison
6	Azure DevOps	Work items, pull requests, builds, pipelines
7	GitHub	Repos, PRs, issues, workflows
8	SonarQube	Analyze, quality gate, issues, metrics
9	Human-on-the-Loop	Approval requests, escalation to Microsoft Teams

Configuration

Setting	Default	Description
`bigview.apiKey`	(prompted on first run)	`bvsas_...` API key
`bigview.mcpServerUrl`	Azure v3 URL	Override for local development
`bigview.mcpFrontUrl`	Azure MCPFront URL	Override for local MCPFront
`bigview.hotl.teamsWebhookUrl`	(none)	Teams Incoming Webhook for HoL
`bigview.hotl.tenantId`	(none)	TenantId for HoL approval queries