Roslyn Workbench MCP

Name: Roslyn Workbench MCP
Author: lantean-code

by lantean-codeversion 1.2.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.lantean-code/roslyn-workbench-mcp

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Bring Visual Studio-style C# fixes and refactorings to your AI agent with local Roslyn Code Actions.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
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Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

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Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

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Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "roslyn-workbench": {
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "Lantean.Roslyn.Workbench.Mcp",
        "--yes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add roslyn-workbench -- dnx Lantean.Roslyn.Workbench.Mcp --yes

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "roslyn-workbench": {
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "Lantean.Roslyn.Workbench.Mcp",
        "--yes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "roslyn-workbench": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "Lantean.Roslyn.Workbench.Mcp",
        "--yes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

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Common questions

Is Roslyn Workbench MCP safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.2.0) reached the registry 4 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need .NET on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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Roslyn MCP Server - Roslyn Workbench MCP

Your Visual Studio C# workflow, now available to your agent

The C# fixes and refactorings you use in Visual Studio 2026—now available to your AI coding agent.

Roslyn Workbench MCP is a local Roslyn MCP server for C# and .NET coding agents. It provides Roslyn Code Actions, compiler-aware analysis and reviewable source changes through the Model Context Protocol. Your agent can discover applicable fixes and refactorings, apply the compiler-generated changes, and show you the result before writing source files. It uses the same .NET Compiler Platform that powers Visual Studio's C# tooling.

Put Roslyn Code Actions to work

Over 230 eligible built-in Roslyn Code Fix and refactoring providers sit behind one discovery and staging workflow. Ask your agent to:

Extract a method, introduce a parameter, inline a temporary variable or encapsulate a field.
Convert a loop to LINQ or modernise code with an applicable Roslyn refactoring.
Discover fixes for compiler and analyzer diagnostics in the current document.
Prepare supported Fix All operations across a document, project or solution.
Stage the selected changes, inspect the transaction diff, then commit or roll back.

These are Roslyn-generated changes, selected for your actual code and project configuration—not instructions for an agent to imitate a refactoring with text replacements. See the Code Action guide for discovery, Fix All and staging.

The provider count is not a count of individual actions: a provider can offer multiple choices, and applicability depends on the code, diagnostics and project configuration. Actions requiring interactive option dialogs, package installation or unsupported project-system changes are excluded; this is not complete Visual Studio feature parity.

Understand the code before changing it

Navigate to definitions, find references and implementations, and trace callers and callees using compiler semantics.
Explore type hierarchies, project dependencies and the public API surface across persistent multi-workspace sessions.
Inspect diagnostics, async usage, nullability and control flow, and investigate change and test impact.
Keep agent responses bounded instead of loading an entire solution into the conversation.

The built-in reference catalogue contains 57 MCP tool definitions covering navigation, analysis, Code Actions and workspace management. The live tool set depends on operational mode, configuration and enabled plugins; the three Code Action tools expose many applicable fixes and refactorings without adding one MCP tool per provider.

Compiler-powered changes, reviewable transactions

Source changes are staged through transactions with preview, history, rollback, conflict detection and crash recovery. Code Actions and symbol renames use the same transaction boundary: nothing writes source files until an explicit transaction commit. In approval-required mode, review is bound to an exact-change receipt.

The server runs locally over stdio, with workspace analysis and refactoring performed on your machine. Inspection-only is the default; you choose when to enable source changes. Builds, tests and Git commits remain part of your normal development workflow.

Install

Roslyn Workbench is distributed through NuGet.org as the Lantean.Roslyn.Workbench.Mcp .NET tool and requires a supported .NET 10 SDK. Pin the exact release version you intend to run. The compatibility policy defines the stable 1.x guarantees for tools, errors and continuations, recovery formats and plugin APIs.

Run an exact package version without a permanent installation:

dnx Lantean.Roslyn.Workbench.Mcp@VERSION --yes -- --version

Alternatively, install the same package as a global tool with dotnet tool install --global Lantean.Roslyn.Workbench.Mcp --version VERSION.

See the documentation site for installation and MCP client configuration.

Configure any MCP client capable of launching a local stdio process to run:

"command": "roslyn-workbench-mcp", "args": [ "--operational-mode", "inspection-only", "--state-directory", "/absolute/path/to/roslyn-workbench-state" ] }

inspection-only is the safe default and exposes no source-mutation or transaction tools. Select transactional for client-mediated commit confirmation, approval-required for confirmation bound to an exact transaction-review receipt, or deliberately select autonomous-trusted for transactions without Host confirmation. See the configuration guide for client elicitation requirements.

Supported environments

Windows x64, Linux x64 and WSL2 x64 are supported. macOS x64 and ARM64 are best effort until hosted validation exists. Windows ARM64 and Linux ARM64 are not currently supported release targets. The server can be used by any MCP client that supports local stdio servers; operations requiring elicitation depend on the client advertising and permitting it.

Roslyn Workbench skill

The optional skill guides agents through workspace selection, semantic inspection, Code Actions, transactions and recovery. Clients with MCP resource support can read skill://roslyn-workbench/SKILL.md from the installed server, with 11 task-specific references loaded only when needed.

For separate installation, download the development skill bundle and follow the installation guidance. Select documentation matching your installed server to obtain a release-specific bundle once available. Extract the complete roslyn-workbench directory, including its references, client metadata and logo, into your client's supported skill location. Discovery and activation depend on the client; the skill does not change permissions or Host policy.

Improve agent tool selection

Connecting Roslyn Workbench makes its tools available, but an MCP client may not select them automatically when ordinary file and text-search tools can also attempt the task. Short repository instructions can tell an agent when compiler-aware tooling is the better choice without forcing it into every C# workflow.

Add this basic instruction to the user-level guidance used by your agent, or to repository guidance when it should apply only to a particular codebase:

## Roslyn Workbench

When Roslyn Workbench MCP is available, consider using it for C# work that benefits from compiler semantics, including precise symbol navigation, references, diagnostics, code structure, Code Actions, change-impact analysis and transactional source changes. Its semantic tools are particularly useful when symbol identity or compiler interpretation matters, while the repository's normal tools and commands remain suitable for builds, tests, package management, documentation and non-semantic file operations. Transaction previews and structured next actions can help keep source changes safe and easy to review.

The documentation site explains user-level and repository-level setup for Codex, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code and other MCP clients. User-level guidance avoids repeating the instruction when Roslyn Workbench is available across repositories, while repository guidance can provide a more specific layer for an individual codebase.

Trust and transaction safety

Open only workspaces you trust. Loading a workspace evaluates MSBuild project logic and later operations can load project analyzers with the Host process's operating-system permissions. External plugin loading is disabled by default; supplying --enable-plugins explicitly opts into loading configured third-party plugins as trusted in-process code, which is not sandboxed.

A typical safe workflow when transactional or autonomous-trusted mode is configured is:

Inspect server-status and open a trusted solution, solution filter or project with workspace-open.
Use query tools to inspect the loaded workspace.
Check workspace-status, then begin a transaction with transaction-start.
Stage a mutation or Code Action and inspect it with transaction-preview.
Commit the reviewed transaction or discard it with transaction-rollback.

The live MCP tools/list response is authoritative for the tools and schemas exposed by a running instance. The documentation site provides the richer versioned tool reference and agent guide.

Plugins and contributions

Plugin authors reference the separate Lantean.Roslyn.Workbench.Mcp.Plugins package. See the plugin-authoring guide for the supported API and deployment layout. Users install trusted plugins manually; there is no curated plugin repository.

External pull requests are accepted. Discuss the scope first and sign every contributed commit with a cryptographic signature that GitHub can verify. See the contribution policy for the process.

Support and project links

Thanks

Roslyn Workbench MCP is made possible by the .NET Compiler Platform. Thank you to the Roslyn team for building and maintaining the compiler tooling that powers its semantic analysis and refactoring capabilities.

Thank you to Sentry for supporting the project with an open-source licence for its opt-in error-reporting service.

Roslyn Workbench MCP is licensed under the MIT License.

Roslyn Workbench MCP

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

Detailing Manager

README from the maker

Roslyn MCP Server - Roslyn Workbench MCP

Your Visual Studio C# workflow, now available to your agent

Put Roslyn Code Actions to work

Understand the code before changing it

Compiler-powered changes, reviewable transactions

Install

Supported environments

Roslyn Workbench skill

Improve agent tool selection

Trust and transaction safety

Plugins and contributions

Support and project links

Thanks