VSCode MCP Server: search_symbol tool not found

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
vscode
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reproducing the missing search_symbol tool with Claude Desktop and the VSCode extension semanticworkbenchteam.mcp-server-vscode version 0.0.9. Verify which tools the extension exposes and determine whether search_symbol is expected; done when the issue is either reproduced with clear findings or the tool is available as described.

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Description

hi I'm using Claude Desktop, and the search_symbol tool does not seem to be available. explicitly asking for claude to use the search_symbol tool also fails.

Running the latest VSCode extension: semanticworkbenchteam.mcp-server-vscode Version 0.0.9

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