Improvmenets to dev experience

Author: pamelafox

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
         "github.copilot-chat"
       ],
       "settings": {
-        "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "${workspaceFolder}/.venv/bin/python"
+        "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "${workspaceFolder}/.venv/bin/python",
+        "chat.mcp.autostart": "never"
       }
     }
   },

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -1,28 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": "0.2.0",
   "configurations": [
-    {
-      "name": "Launch MCP HTTP Server (Debug)",
-      "type": "debugpy",
-      "request": "launch",
-      "program": "${workspaceFolder}/basic_mcp_http.py",
-      "console": "integratedTerminal",
-      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
-      "env": {
-        "PYTHONUNBUFFERED": "1"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "Launch MCP stdio Server (Debug)",
-      "type": "debugpy",
-      "request": "launch",
-      "program": "${workspaceFolder}/basic_mcp_stdio.py",
-      "console": "integratedTerminal",
-      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
-      "env": {
-        "PYTHONUNBUFFERED": "1"
-      }
-    },
     {
       "name": "Attach to MCP Server (stdio)",
       "type": "debugpy",
@@ -37,21 +15,6 @@
           "remoteRoot": "${workspaceFolder}"
         }
       ]
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "Attach to MCP Server (HTTP)",
-      "type": "debugpy",
-      "request": "attach",
-      "connect": {
-        "host": "localhost",
-        "port": 5679
-      },
-      "pathMappings": [
-        {
-          "localRoot": "${workspaceFolder}",
-          "remoteRoot": "${workspaceFolder}"
-        }
-      ]
     }
   ]
 }

.vscode/mcp.json

@@ -7,34 +7,13 @@
       "args": [
         "run",
         "basic_mcp_stdio.py"
-      ],
-      "env": {
-        "PYTHONUNBUFFERED": "1"
-      }
-    },
-    "expenses-mcp-debug": {
-      "type": "stdio",
-      "command": "uv",
-      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
-      "args": [
-        "run",
-        "--",
-        "python",
-        "-m",
-        "debugpy",
-        "--listen",
-        "0.0.0.0:5678",
-        "basic_mcp_stdio.py"
-      ],
-      "env": {
-        "PYTHONUNBUFFERED": "1"
-      }
+      ]
     },
     "expenses-mcp-http": {
       "type": "http",
       "url": "http://localhost:8000/mcp"
     },
-    "expenses-mcp-http-debug": {
+    "expenses-mcp-debug": {
       "type": "stdio",
       "command": "uv",
       "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
@@ -45,13 +24,9 @@
         "-m",
         "debugpy",
         "--listen",
-        "0.0.0.0:5679",
-        "--wait-for-client",
-        "basic_mcp_http.py"
-      ],
-      "env": {
-        "PYTHONUNBUFFERED": "1"
-      }
+        "0.0.0.0:5678",
+        "basic_mcp_stdio.py"
+      ]
     }
   },
   "inputs": []

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "chat.mcp.autostart": "never"
+}

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [project]
 name = "python-mcp-demos"
 version = "0.1.0"
-description = "Add your description here"
+description = "Demonstration of Python FastMCP servers"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.13"
+requires-python = "==3.13"
 dependencies = [
     "fastmcp>=2.12.5",
     "debugpy>=1.8.0",