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How to use HubSpot with VS Code

You want HubSpot inside VS Code so it can qualify and update sales opportunities, keep CRM records current, prepare for customer meetings, and log and associate sales activity — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.

Create your HubSpot gateway

The gateway is the thing VS Code connects to, and it is where you decide which HubSpot tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.

  1. Create an Arcade account

    Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.

  2. Create an MCP Gateway and select your HubSpot tools

    In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the HubSpot tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.

  3. Copy your gateway URL

    Every client below needs it.

    https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>

Create a HubSpot gateway Opens the gateway builder in your Arcade dashboard.

Connect the gateway to VS Code

  1. Add the server

    VS Code 1.107.0 or higher. Command Palette → MCP: Add Server… → choose HTTP, paste your gateway URL, and name it something like mcp-arcade.

  2. Start it and authenticate

    Click Start next to the server in mcp.json or under Extensions → MCP Servers - Installed, then approve the Arcade sign-in and consent screens.

  3. Try it out

    Open the chat pane, switch to Agent mode, and ask it to use one of your HubSpot tools.

Full VS Code guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13

Get started with these HubSpot prompts

VS Code can now act on your HubSpot account. Click a prompt to copy it.

Control which CRM records an agent can read or change, and require approval before it creates activities, changes deal stages, or updates customer data. Pair it with Contextual Access policies so an agent can research a deal without changing the pipeline.

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