# Msbuild Mcp Server

> A lightweight MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for building MSBuild projects. Supports dynamic MSBuild discovery using vswhere and provides flexible build configuration options.

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Install:** `agentstack add mcp-zenoengine-msbuild-mcp-server`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [zenoengine](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/zenoengine)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Integrations](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/integrations)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [zenoengine](https://github.com/zenoengine)
- **Source:** https://github.com/zenoengine/msbuild-mcp-server

## Install

```sh
agentstack add mcp-zenoengine-msbuild-mcp-server
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# MSBuild MCP Server

A lightweight MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for automating MSBuild projects and solutions builds. It dynamically locates MSBuild and provides customizable build configuration options.

## Features

- **Dynamic MSBuild Discovery**: Automatically detects the MSBuild executable, ensuring compatibility with various Visual Studio installations.
- **Customizable Build Settings**: Easily configure build options such as configuration, platform, verbosity level, parallel build CPU count, NuGet restore, and additional command-line arguments through LLM-driven tool invocation.
- **Clear Error Reporting**: Filters and presents concise, relevant error messages upon build failures.
- **MCP Client Compatibility**: Supports seamless integration with popular MCP clients such as VSCode, Cursor, Windsurf, and more. Configuration snippets for these clients are provided in the documentation.
- **Cross-Language Support**: Supports MSBuild-compatible projects, including .sln, .csproj, and .vcxproj files, enabling builds for languages like C#, C++, and more across Windows platforms.

## Prerequisites

Ensure the following prerequisites are installed:

- Python 3.11 or higher
- Visual Studio or Visual Studio Build Tools (for MSBuild)
- [`uv`](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) (recommended)

## Registering the MCP Server

Ensure `uv` is installed.

In the MCP settings of your AI tools (e.g., Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Desktop, etc.), add the following configuration:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "msbuild-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "msbuild-mcp-server@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Place this snippet in your client configuration file:
- [**VSCode**](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/chat/mcp-servers): `.vscode/mcp.json`
- **Cursor**: `~/.cursor/mcp.json` or `/.cursor/mcp.json`
- **Windsurf**: `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`

Restart your tool to ensure that the `msbuild-mcp-server` and its provided tools are properly registered.

# Agent Prompt Examples

AI agents can trigger builds using natural language like:

- **Basic Project Build**  
  > *"Build this solution at `C:/Path/To/Project.sln` using `Release|x64`."*

- **Unreal Engine Build**  
  > *"Build the solution located at `C:/Projects/MyGame/MyGame.sln` using `Development Editor|Win64`."*

## License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

## Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [zenoengine](https://github.com/zenoengine)
- **Source:** [zenoengine/msbuild-mcp-server](https://github.com/zenoengine/msbuild-mcp-server)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/mcp-zenoengine-msbuild-mcp-server
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/zenoengine
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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