How to Use the ChangeDetection.io MCP in VS Code Copilot

Q: How do we install the ChangeDetection.io MCP server in VS Code Copilot?

Add the connection details to your workspace .vscode/mcp.json file. Commit this file to Git so your entire team gets access automatically.

Q: Can VS Code Copilot search our ChangeDetection.io alerts?

Yes. The agent fires searchwatches to find specific URLs or configurations across your entire tracking list.

Q: Does ChangeDetection.io in VS Code Copilot show historical data?

It does. Your agent calls getwatchhistory to pull down the timeline of changes for any monitored endpoint.

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Share watch configurations in VS Code Copilot

Share monitoring configurations across your entire team without passing around login tokens. Commit your settings to `.vscode/mcp.json` and everyone can ask Copilot to track new endpoints. A developer simply opens the chat panel and asks to monitor a staging environment. The agent executes `create_watch` and instantly registers the URL for the whole team to track. They can verify the setup by running `get_watch`.

Review HTML diffs via this MCP Server

Pull the exact text modifications from third-party API docs right into your sidebar. Finding out what changed on an external dependency takes too long manually, so you just ask your agent to fetch the diff. Copilot triggers `get_snapshot_diff` to fetch the exact text differences between the previous and latest checks. If the team needs to update an integration, they can pull the full current page state using `get_snapshot`.

Manage alert taxonomies collaboratively

Keep your team's shared alerts organized by tagging URLs by microservice. Teams can keep their feeds clean by having the MCP Server run `create_tag` to categorize endpoints by environment or owner. Anyone can see the current taxonomy by asking Copilot to execute `list_tags`. If a service gets deprecated, a team member just tells the agent to run `delete_watch` to clean up the shared feed.

Setup guide

Set up ChangeDetection.io 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 ChangeDetection.io 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 ChangeDetection.io tools listed. Try asking: "List my recent ChangeDetection.io transactions" and Copilot will invoke them automatically.

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Common questions about ChangeDetection.io MCP in VS Code Copilot

Add the connection details to your workspace `.vscode/mcp.json` file. Commit this file to Git so your entire team gets access automatically.

Yes. The agent fires `search_watches` to find specific URLs or configurations across your entire tracking list.

It does. Your agent calls `get_watch_history` to pull down the timeline of changes for any monitored endpoint.

Ask your agent to change the check interval for a specific site. It will use `update_watch` to push the new configuration immediately.

Completely. The server only processes external HTML snapshots and URLs via tools like `import_urls`. Vinkius handles the authentication in an ephemeral sandbox, isolating your proprietary code from the monitoring traffic.

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