How to Use the Bloomberg Law MCP in VS Code Copilot

Q: Can we search both federal and state court records in VS Code Copilot using Bloomberg Law?

Yes. The server provides dedicated tools like searchfederaldockets and searchstatedockets to target specific jurisdictions directly from your Copilot chat.

Q: How does VS Code Copilot extract specific filing texts from Bloomberg Law?

The agent uses getfilingdocument to fetch the full text of a filing. This allows Copilot to analyze legal arguments and summarize documents directly inside your editor.

Q: How can we track changes in active court cases?

You can use getdocketalerts to retrieve active docket monitoring configurations, allowing your team to verify that tracking systems are functioning correctly.

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Search Case Law and Dockets inside VS Code Copilot

This MCP server uses `search_legal_cases`, `search_court_dockets`, and `get_case_details` to bring over 200 million court records directly into your shared development workspace. Your team can run federal and state docket searches without leaving the editor. By committing a shared configuration file to your repository, every developer on your team gets instant access to these tools. This keeps your legal data integrations standardized across the entire workspace.

Retrieve and Analyze Court Filings

The tools `get_docket_entries`, `get_filing_document`, and `get_docket_alerts` fetch live filing lists and document texts directly into your Copilot chat. You can inspect the exact structure of court documents to build reliable extraction pipelines. Your team can prototype document analysis tools using real-world filings. This makes it easy to test how your application handles complex legal PDFs and docket sheets.

Access Expert Witness and Company Profiles

You query corporate profiles and expert testimonies using `search_companies`, `search_expert_witnesses`, and `search_legal_news`. These tools supply live business intelligence and legal news directly to your development environment. This allows your team to build intelligent search features that cross-reference litigation histories with corporate profiles. You get raw, structured data for your legal tech applications.

Setup guide

Set up Bloomberg Law MCP in VS Code Copilot

Prerequisites

VS Code 1.99 or later with GitHub Copilot extension
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open MCP configuration

Open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P) and run "MCP: Add Server". Select HTTP (Streamable) as the server type. VS Code will create .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.
2

Add the Bloomberg Law MCP

Paste the JSON snippet shown on the right into your .vscode/mcp.json. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Switch to Agent mode

Open Copilot Chat (Cmd+Shift+I / Ctrl+Shift+I) and switch to Agent mode using the dropdown. MCP tools are only available in Agent mode — they do not appear in Edit or Ask modes.
4

Verify the connection

In the Copilot Chat input, type # to list available tools. You should see the Bloomberg Law tools listed. Try asking: "List my recent Bloomberg Law transactions" and Copilot will invoke them automatically.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bloomberg-law-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Bloomberg Law MCP in VS Code Copilot

Create a .vscode/mcp.json file in your project root and commit it to your repository. Any team member using VS Code Copilot can immediately use these MCP tools.

Yes. The server provides dedicated tools like `search_federal_dockets` and `search_state_dockets` to target specific jurisdictions directly from your Copilot chat.

The agent uses `get_filing_document` to fetch the full text of a filing. This allows Copilot to analyze legal arguments and summarize documents directly inside your editor.

You can use `get_docket_alerts` to retrieve active docket monitoring configurations, allowing your team to verify that tracking systems are functioning correctly.

Yes. All data transmissions involving case details, court dockets, and company profiles are encrypted in transit and executed in isolated sandboxes. No search queries are stored or used for model training.

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