Doesn't work in VSCode with WSL mode

[Perdolique]

MCP server can't start because of missed npx, but I have npx installed (VSCode in WSL mode).

[lostintangent]

Hmm. Since many MCP servers are "distributed" via NPM, I'm not sure this is an issue with GistPad, as opposed to VS Code setup 🤔

Can you confirm that you added the MCP config to your remote settings as opposed to user settings? According to the VS Code team, that seems to be required when using WSL: microsoft/vscode#246293.

[Perdolique]

Hey. I haven't added anything manually, just installed it as described in 1. of README file. I have VSCode 1.101.0+.

[peterlvno]

Encountered the same issue. I resolved it by restarting VS Code (closed all instances completely, then reopened it).

[Perdolique]

@peterlvno are you using WSL as well?

[lostintangent]

As a quick aside: I updated the getting started instructions to explicitly call out reloading VS Code after installing the GistPad extension. So thanks for that feedback 👍🏼

Regarding the WSL topic: I still need to try to repro this, since I don't have a Windows machine unfortunately. But I'm going to ask the VS Code team if this is a known issue and/or if there's a workaround I can use.