--- title: GitHub Copilot Eclipse Spring Tools MCP Server Guide description: Spring Tools for Eclipse now includes an embedded MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects GitHub Copilot's agent mode directly to live IDE data.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-eclipse-spring-tools-mcp-server-guide-w7fgs22ri twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub Copilot Eclipse Spring Tools MCP Server Guide | daily.dev og:description: Spring Tools for Eclipse now includes an embedded MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects GitHub Copilot's agent mode directly to live IDE data.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-eclipse-spring-tools-mcp-server-guide-w7fgs22ri og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/W7fgS22rI.png og:image:alt: GitHub Copilot Eclipse Spring Tools MCP Server Guide og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GitHub Copilot Eclipse Spring Tools MCP Server Guide **[DevBlogs](https://daily.dev/sources/devblogs)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Spring Tools for Eclipse now includes an embedded MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects GitHub Copilot's agent mode directly to live IDE data. Instead of Copilot guessing at bean graphs, classpath details, or Spring Boot versions by scanning source files, it can call targeted MCP tools to retrieve authoritative, real-time project information. Key benefits include reduced token usage, grounded accuracy (no hallucinated bean names), version-aware suggestions, live diagnostics access, and feedback loops where agents can apply fixes and re-verify diagnostics. Setup requires Spring Tools for Eclipse 2.0+, the GitHub Copilot plugin, enabling the experimental embedded MCP server in preferences, and switching Copilot Chat to Agent mode. Two demos illustrate querying the full bean graph and fetching live project diagnostics with exact file locations and severity levels. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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