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DevKit for Strapi

Installation

DevKit for Strapi gives your editor and your AI agent accurate, project-aware support for Strapi magic strings — by reading your real schema.json.

Requirements

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  • A Strapi v4 or v5 project (detected per project — multi-project workspaces work).
  • VS Code 1.101+ or a compatible fork (Cursor, Windsurf, Google Antigravity, VSCodium).
  • No configuration, no type generation, no extra setup.

Install the extension

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  • VS Code — install from the VS Code Marketplace, or search “DevKit for Strapi” in the Extensions view.
  • Cursor / Windsurf / Antigravity / VSCodium — install from Open VSX.

Open a Strapi project and it works immediately.

Verify it’s active

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A status bar item appears at the bottom-left with your project’s Strapi version (Strapi 5.12), or DevKit: 2 projects when the workspace holds several. It shows once the first scan of the workspace ends (a few seconds in a large monorepo). If it doesn’t appear, the workspace has no recognizable Strapi project (or it’s excluded — see Configuration): in such a workspace DevKit stays out of the status bar and doesn’t offer its MCP server to your agent.

DevKit adds a few commands to the Command Palette — the two you’ll use right after install:

  • DevKit for Strapi: Show Detected Projects — lists the projects it found.
  • DevKit for Strapi: Rescan Workspace — re-discovers projects and rebuilds the index.

See Configuration → Commands for the full list (including Enter / Clear License Key for Pro).

Your first 30 seconds

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Open a controller or service and try these — no config, no type generation:

  • Inside a strapi.service('…') call, start typing — real UIDs are suggested.
  • Type a UID that doesn’t exist (strapi.documents('api::article.artcle')) — it’s underlined with a “did you mean” quick fix.
  • Ctrl/Cmd-click a UID — you jump straight to its schema.json.
  • Hover a service method for its signature and usage insights.

That’s the free editor experience. See In your editor for the full list.

The MCP server

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The MCP server (for AI agents) is bundled in the extension and auto-registered in VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf and Antigravity — nothing else to install. Your agent can use the tools right away.

To wire it into other MCP clients — Claude Code, Claude Desktop, or a standalone agent — see For your AI agent (MCP) → Setup.

Next

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