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
Section titled “Requirements”- 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
Section titled “Install the extension”- VS Code — search “DevKit for Strapi” in the Extensions view (VS Code Marketplace) and install.
- Cursor / Windsurf / VSCodium — install from Open VSX.
Open a Strapi project and it works immediately.
Verify it’s active
Section titled “Verify it’s active”A status bar item appears at the bottom-left: DevKit for Strapi: N, where N
is the number of Strapi projects detected in your workspace. If it shows 0, the
workspace has no recognizable Strapi project (or it’s excluded — see
Configuration).
Two commands are available from the Command Palette:
- DevKit for Strapi: Show Detected Projects — lists the projects it found.
- DevKit for Strapi: Rescan Workspace — re-discovers projects and rebuilds the index.
The MCP server
Section titled “The MCP server”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 (e.g. a standalone setup), see Configuration → MCP for other clients.
- Configuration — settings, commands, exclusions, MCP clients.
- Strapi magic strings — what DevKit understands.
- In your editor · For your AI agent · Pro