How to Use the Cloutly MCP in VS Code Copilot

Q: Can VS Code Copilot reply to Cloutly reviews automatically?

No, VS Code Copilot will never call replytoreview without your manual approval. The tool only executes when you explicitly tell the agent to send a specific response.

Q: How do we restrict which Cloutly locations VS Code Copilot can see?

The server uses listbusinesses to identify connected locations. You can restrict access by configuring your API key permissions directly inside your Cloutly dashboard.

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Connect Cloutly MCP to VS Code Copilot

Create your Vinkius account to connect Cloutly to VS Code Copilot and route execution through our secure gateway. The platform manages server hosting, runtime updates, and security layers. Configuration requires no manual server provisioning.

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Share Cloutly review tools across your team

The Cloutly MCP Server lets your entire engineering team run `list_businesses` directly within VS Code Copilot to audit location-based feedback systems. By committing the configuration to your repository, every developer can query your active locations instantly. This shared environment ensures that anyone writing support integrations can test their code with live business data. Copilot uses these active connections to explain API payloads and verify your database models.

Track review campaigns directly inside VS Code Copilot

This MCP Server integration uses `list_campaigns` to pull your active outreach programs right into VS Code Copilot. Developers can inspect how campaigns are structured without needing access to the main Cloutly administration dashboard. If a campaign is failing, your team can ask Copilot to analyze the response formats. The assistant uses `list_pending_reviews` to pull real errors or empty states, making troubleshooting incredibly fast.

Test review invites and customer search in your editor

You can execute `send_review_invite` directly from VS Code Copilot to test transactional feedback loops. Instead of writing custom curl commands to check if an email triggers, you run the tool straight from your chat sidebar. When debugging user lookup errors, Copilot runs `search_reviews_by_author` to match customer names against existing records. This saves your developers from constantly swapping to an external browser window to check database matches.

Setup guide

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Common questions about Cloutly MCP in VS Code Copilot

Create a .vscode/mcp.json file in your project root and add the Cloutly MCP Server configuration. Once committed to your repository, any team member using VS Code Copilot can access the tools.

No, VS Code Copilot will never call `reply_to_review` without your manual approval. The tool only executes when you explicitly tell the agent to send a specific response.

The server uses `list_businesses` to identify connected locations. You can restrict access by configuring your API key permissions directly inside your Cloutly dashboard.

Yes, you need an active Cloutly subscription and an API key. The server requires these credentials to communicate with the review platform.

All customer data, including email addresses and review text, is processed locally or through your private Vinkius sandbox. Your sensitive support data is never used to train public AI models.

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