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Connect VS Code to a Semantic Model MCP Server

This article describes how to connect Claude Code to a Semantic Model MCP server.

Connect with a server specific URL or bearer token

This option is intended for machine-to-machine communication, and for admins and developers who are developing or testing MCP services in Flow.

  1. In Flow, open a Semantic Model.
  2. Go to Model Settings -> Connect MCP Client and copy the url in the Connect with server specific URL tab.
  3. Open VS Code and press Ctrl + Shift + p.
  4. Select or enter MCP: Add server...
  5. Select HTTP
  6. Paste the url you copied in step 2 above and complete the remaining steps.

Connect with OAuth

This option is intended for MCP Clients like Claude or Copilot that operates on behalf of users.

Microsoft Entra ID as authorization server

Step 1: Create an Entra ID app registration and a Flow MCP Server App

  1. Create an Entra ID app registration by following these steps.
  2. Create an MCP Server App by following these steps.

Step 2: Enable VS Code sign-in

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal.
  2. Go to Entra ID -> App registrations and open the app registration you created in step 1.
  3. Go to Expose an API and click Add a client application.
  4. Enter aebc6443-996d-45c2-90f0-388ff96faa56 as Client ID and select all listed scopes. Then click Add application. This authorizes VS Code to authenticate with you Entra App Registration.

Step 3: Add the Semantic Model MCP service URL

  1. In Flow, open a Semantic Model.
  2. Go to Model Settings -> Connect MCP Client and copy the url in the Connect with server specific URL tab.
  3. Open VS Code and press Ctrl + Shift + p.
  4. Select or enter MCP: Add server...
  5. Select HTTP
  6. Paste the url you copied in step 2 above and complete the remaining steps.
  7. You may need to restart VS Code and then start the registered MCP Server if it does not automatically initiate a login session.
    • Press Ctrl + Shift + p -> MCP: List servers -> select your MCP Server and select Start server
Note

You may need to turn off the native MSAL broker in VS Code if you are running on Windows.

  1. Press Ctrl + Shift + P -> Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)
  2. Add "microsoft-authentication.implementation": "msal-no-broker" to the user settings config
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