Search Jobs with VS Code
- One command adds the server
- Ask Copilot in agent mode
- Find jobs without leaving your editor
Searching from AI agents is part of the paid plan.
How do I connect JobUnlocked to VS Code?
Run one command to add JobUnlocked to VS Code, then start it from Copilot chat in agent mode. Sign in once and ask Copilot to find jobs from company websites.
Run this in your terminal
One command adds the JobUnlocked MCP server to VS Code.
code --add-mcp '{"name":"jobunlocked","type":"http","url":"https://mcp.jobunlocked.com/mcp"}'No API key needed. Prefer menus? Open the command palette, run MCP: Add Server, choose HTTP and paste the link.
- 1 Run the command above in your terminal.
- 2 Open Copilot chat and switch to agent mode.
- 3 Start the jobunlocked server, sign in to JobUnlocked and click Allow.
- 4 Ask Copilot to search jobs.
Then just ask VS Code
Once connected, VS Code calls the JobUnlocked tools and gives you each job with the company's apply link.
Also try
- Which remote QA jobs were posted today?
- Show junior developer jobs that don't need a degree
- Read the first job and list the skills I'm missing
Which way should I connect VS Code?
Both search the same jobs and need no API key. Use the first unless you have a reason not to.
| Way | How you connect | Sign-in | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| One command | code --add-mcp in your terminal | Your JobUnlocked account, no API key | Most VS Code users |
| MCP: Add Server | Command palette, MCP: Add Server, HTTP | Your JobUnlocked account, no API key | People who prefer menus to the terminal |
What can VS Code do with JobUnlocked?
VS Code can search open jobs, filter them and read each one in full, through the JobUnlocked tools it finds once you connect.
Just ask in plain English
Tell VS Code the job, the city and the pay you want. It turns that into the right filters and searches for you.
6 million+ open jobs
VS Code searches the same jobs you see on JobUnlocked, from 400,000+ company websites around the world.
Straight from the company
Every result links to the company's own job post, so you apply directly with the employer, not through a job board.
Real filters
VS Code can use every filter on JobUnlocked: location, remote, pay, date posted, job type, seniority, skills, shifts, benefits and no degree needed.
Full job details
VS Code can open any job and read the whole description, pay, skills and benefits before you decide.
Read-only and private
VS Code can only search and read jobs. It can't see your resume, saved jobs, email or billing details.
What is the JobUnlocked MCP?
The JobUnlocked MCP server is the link that lets VS Code search jobs for you. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the standard way AI agents plug into the apps you use. It gives VS Code JobUnlocked's job search as tools, so it can find and read jobs without you opening a browser.
How VS Code uses JobUnlocked
- Connect JobUnlocked in VS Code with the link
- VS Code finds the JobUnlocked tools on its own
- It turns your request into search filters
- It reads the jobs that fit and keeps the apply links
- You apply on the company's own job post
Name: JobUnlocked URL: https://mcp.jobunlocked.com/mcp Sign-in: your JobUnlocked account # Tools VS Code finds on its own: # - search_jobs: find open jobs with every search filter # - count_jobs: totals and which cities, skills and companies exist # - get_job: read one job in full # - get_company: what a company does and its open jobs # - pay_by_level: average pay by seniority
What can you ask VS Code?
Anything you'd ask a friend helping you job hunt: the role, the city, how recent and the pay. No commands needed.
- Data
Search a city
"Find Python data engineer jobs in Denver"
- Fresh
Posted today
"Which remote QA jobs were posted today?"
- No degree
Open doors
"Show junior developer jobs that don't need a degree"
- Skills
Find the gaps
"Read the first job and list the skills I'm missing"
Which jobs can VS Code search?
Every kind of job on JobUnlocked, from software and AI to nursing, retail and the trades, in countries around the world.
- Software engineering
- Backend
- Frontend
- Data and analytics
- AI and machine learning
- DevOps and SRE
- Security
- Product and design
- Nursing and healthcare
- Sales
- Marketing
- Customer support
- Finance and accounting
- Retail
- Hospitality
- Warehouse and logistics
- Skilled trades
- Education
Tips for VS Code
- 1 Copilot only uses MCP tools in agent mode, not in ask or edit mode.
- 2 Run MCP: List Servers from the command palette to start or restart jobunlocked.
- 3 Turn tools on or off from the tools button in the chat box.
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