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Xcode 27 disabling MCP server after startup
Hello, I’m trying to use a third-party MCP server (ICM) in Xcode 27’s new Coding Assistant. The server appears to start correctly and shows up when I run /mcp, but as soon as an agent tries to use it, Xcode appears to rewrite my config and changes "enabled = true" to "enabled = false". My configuration looks like this: [mcp_servers.icm] command = "/opt/homebrew/bin/icm" args = [ "serve", "--no-embeddings", "--db", "/Users/Sam/emdash/worktrees/Castle/emdash/custom-widget-system-5dubi/.icm-xcode/memories.db" ] enabled = true I’ve spent quite a while debugging this and found some interesting behaviour: The MCP server appears when I type /mcp. SQLite databases can be created and written inside the current workspace. SQLite databases can also be created and written in /tmp. SQLite databases outside the workspace (for example in ~/Library/Application Support) fail with readonly/open errors. Ordinary file operations outside the workspace still work fine. What I’m trying to understand is: Why is Xcode disabling the MCP server? What filesystem access should MCP servers have? Are they intentionally restricted to the workspace and /tmp? Is there a supported way to allow an MCP server to access data stored elsewhere on disk? Has anyone else run into this? Thanks!
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Xcode 27 disabling MCP server after startup
Hello, I’m trying to use a third-party MCP server (ICM) in Xcode 27’s new Coding Assistant. The server appears to start correctly and shows up when I run /mcp, but as soon as an agent tries to use it, Xcode appears to rewrite my config and changes "enabled = true" to "enabled = false". My configuration looks like this: [mcp_servers.icm] command = "/opt/homebrew/bin/icm" args = [ "serve", "--no-embeddings", "--db", "/Users/Sam/emdash/worktrees/Castle/emdash/custom-widget-system-5dubi/.icm-xcode/memories.db" ] enabled = true I’ve spent quite a while debugging this and found some interesting behaviour: The MCP server appears when I type /mcp. SQLite databases can be created and written inside the current workspace. SQLite databases can also be created and written in /tmp. SQLite databases outside the workspace (for example in ~/Library/Application Support) fail with readonly/open errors. Ordinary file operations outside the workspace still work fine. What I’m trying to understand is: Why is Xcode disabling the MCP server? What filesystem access should MCP servers have? Are they intentionally restricted to the workspace and /tmp? Is there a supported way to allow an MCP server to access data stored elsewhere on disk? Has anyone else run into this? Thanks!
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