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GitHub Copilot in VS Code is the most widely adopted AI coding assistant, embedded directly into the world's most popular code editor. With MCP support in Agent mode, Copilot can access external data and APIs to generate context-aware code grounded in real-time information.

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Classic Setup·json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coder-remote-dev": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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About Coder (Remote Dev) MCP Server

Connect your Coder deployment to any AI agent to orchestrate remote development infrastructure and monitor workspace health through natural language.

GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Coder (Remote Dev) data directly into your VS Code workflow. With a project-scoped config, the entire team shares access to 84 tools. Copilot queries live data, generates typed code, and writes tests from actual API responses, all without leaving the editor.

What you can do

  • Deployment Monitoring — Retrieve build info, deployment statistics, and check for available updates to keep your infrastructure current.
  • AI Bridge Management — List connected AI clients, available models, and active sessions to understand how AI is being utilized in your workspaces.
  • Agent Operations — Stream logs from specific workspace agents and manage application statuses to troubleshoot remote environments instantly.
  • Infrastructure Config — Access SSH configurations and deployment settings to ensure seamless connectivity for your engineering team.
  • Session Insights — Fetch threads and interceptions from AI sessions to audit and optimize AI-assisted development workflows.

The Coder (Remote Dev) MCP Server exposes 84 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to VS Code Copilot in under two minutes — credentials fully managed, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

All 84 Coder (Remote Dev) tools available for VS Code Copilot

When VS Code Copilot connects to Coder (Remote Dev) through Vinkius, your AI agent gets direct access to every tool listed below — spanning remote-development, workspace-management, coder, and more. Every call runs in a secure, isolated environment with full audit visibility. Beyond a simple connection, you get real-time monitoring of agent activity, enterprise governance, and optimized token usage.

add

Add license on Coder (Remote Dev)

Add an enterprise license

auth

Auth workspace agent on Coder (Remote Dev)

Authenticate agent using cloud provider identity

cancel

Cancel workspace build on Coder (Remote Dev)

Cancel a pending or running build

check

Check auth on Coder (Remote Dev)

Check if user has permission to perform actions

create

Create chat on Coder (Remote Dev)

Start a new AI chat session

create

Create chat message on Coder (Remote Dev)

Send a message to a chat session

create

Create group on Coder (Remote Dev)

Create a group in an organization

create

Create organization on Coder (Remote Dev)

Create an organization

create

Create user on Coder (Remote Dev)

Create a user

create

Create user secret on Coder (Remote Dev)

Create a user secret

create

Create user task on Coder (Remote Dev)

Create a long-running AI task for a user

create

Create user token on Coder (Remote Dev)

Create a user token

create

Create workspace on Coder (Remote Dev)

Create a workspace

create

Create workspace port share on Coder (Remote Dev)

Create a port share for a workspace

delete

Delete license on Coder (Remote Dev)

Delete an enterprise license

delete

Delete user on Coder (Remote Dev)

Delete a user

download

Download file on Coder (Remote Dev)

Download a file by ID

get

Get agent connection on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get DERP and connection details for an agent

get

Get agent containers on Coder (Remote Dev)

List running containers and devcontainers

get

Get agent debug logs on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get the last 10MiB of agent logs (local agent API)

get

Get agent debug magicsock on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get Tailscale magicsock debug info (local agent API)

get

Get agent debug manifest on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get the startup manifest from the server (local agent API)

get

Get agent external auth on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get external authentication tokens for the agent

get

Get agent logs on Coder (Remote Dev)

Stream logs from a specific agent

get

Get ai session threads on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get threads for an AI session

get

Get api root on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get basic API information

get

Get app auth redirect on Coder (Remote Dev)

Redirect to a URI with an encrypted API key

get

Get app host on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get the base host for applications

get

Get appearance on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get dashboard branding and banners

get

Get audit logs on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get a paginated list of audit logs

get

Get build info on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get Coder build info

get

Get chat messages on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get messages for a chat session

get

Get deployment config on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get deployment configuration

get

Get deployment stats on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get deployment statistics

get

Get external auth device on Coder (Remote Dev)

Initiate device-based OAuth

get

Get insights daus on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get Daily Active User stats

get

Get insights templates on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get usage data for templates

get

Get insights user activity on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get activity duration per user

get

Get notifications inbox on Coder (Remote Dev)

List user notifications

get

Get notifications settings on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get global notification settings

get

Get notifications templates on Coder (Remote Dev)

List available notification templates

get

Get prebuild settings on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get prebuild settings

get

Get ssh config on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get SSH configuration

get

Get update check on Coder (Remote Dev)

Check for Coder updates

get

Get user profile on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get user profile

get

Get workspace on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get workspace metadata

get

Get workspace acl on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get workspace ACLs

get

Get workspace build on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get details of a specific build

get

Get workspace build logs on Coder (Remote Dev)

Get logs for a specific build

get

Get workspace build params on Coder (Remote Dev)

List parameters used for the build

list

List ai clients on Coder (Remote Dev)

List connected AI Bridge clients

list

List ai interceptions on Coder (Remote Dev)

List AI interceptions

list

List ai models on Coder (Remote Dev)

List available AI models

list

List ai sessions on Coder (Remote Dev)

List active AI Bridge sessions

list

List chats on Coder (Remote Dev)

List user chat sessions

list

List external auth on Coder (Remote Dev)

List linked external accounts (e.g., GitHub)

list

List groups on Coder (Remote Dev)

List groups

list

List licenses on Coder (Remote Dev)

List enterprise licenses

list

List org members on Coder (Remote Dev)

List members of an organization

list

List org provisioner daemons on Coder (Remote Dev)

List active provisioner daemons

list

List org provisioner jobs on Coder (Remote Dev)

List jobs for the organization provisioners

list

List org roles on Coder (Remote Dev)

List assignable roles in an organization

list

List organizations on Coder (Remote Dev)

List organizations

list

List tasks on Coder (Remote Dev)

Manage long-running AI tasks

list

List template examples on Coder (Remote Dev)

List starter template examples

list

List template versions on Coder (Remote Dev)

List versions for a template

list

List templates on Coder (Remote Dev)

List all templates

list

List user secrets on Coder (Remote Dev)

List user secrets

list

List user tokens on Coder (Remote Dev)

List user tokens

list

List users on Coder (Remote Dev)

List users

list

List workspace port shares on Coder (Remote Dev)

List port shares for a workspace

list

List workspaces on Coder (Remote Dev)

g., owner:me). List workspaces

login

Login user on Coder (Remote Dev)

Authenticate a user with email and password

register

Register agent log source on Coder (Remote Dev)

Register a new log source

send

Send agent logs on Coder (Remote Dev)

Send logs to the server

update

Update agent app status on Coder (Remote Dev)

Update status of an application running on the agent

update

Update appearance on Coder (Remote Dev)

Update dashboard branding and banners

update

Update organization on Coder (Remote Dev)

Update an organization

update

Update prebuild settings on Coder (Remote Dev)

Update prebuild settings

update

Update user profile on Coder (Remote Dev)

Update user profile

update

Update workspace acl on Coder (Remote Dev)

Update workspace ACLs

update

Update workspace autostart on Coder (Remote Dev)

Update workspace autostart schedule

update

Update workspace autoupdates on Coder (Remote Dev)

Update workspace autoupdates schedule

upload

Upload file on Coder (Remote Dev)

Upload a file (tar or zip)

Connect Coder (Remote Dev) to VS Code Copilot via MCP

Follow these steps to wire Coder (Remote Dev) into VS Code Copilot. The entire setup takes under two minutes — your credentials stay safe behind Vinkius.

01

Create MCP config

Create a .vscode/mcp.json file in your project root
02

Add the server config

Paste the JSON configuration above
03

Enable Agent mode

Open GitHub Copilot Chat and switch to Agent mode using the dropdown
04

Start using Coder (Remote Dev)

Ask Copilot: "Using Coder (Remote Dev), help me...". 84 tools available

Why Use VS Code Copilot with the Coder (Remote Dev) MCP Server

GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio Code provides unique advantages when paired with Coder (Remote Dev) through the Model Context Protocol.

01

VS Code is used by over 70% of developers. adding MCP tools to Copilot means your team can leverage external data without leaving their primary editor

02

Project-scoped MCP configs (`.vscode/mcp.json`) let you commit server configurations to your repository, ensuring the entire team shares the same tool access

03

Copilot's Agent mode integrates MCP tools seamlessly with file editing, terminal commands, and workspace search in a single agentic loop

04

GitHub's enterprise compliance and audit features extend to MCP tool usage, providing visibility into how AI interacts with external services

Coder (Remote Dev) + VS Code Copilot Use Cases

Practical scenarios where VS Code Copilot combined with the Coder (Remote Dev) MCP Server delivers measurable value.

01

Live API integration: Copilot can query an MCP server, inspect the response schema, and generate typed API client code in the same step

02

DevSecOps workflows: security teams can give developers access to domain intelligence tools directly in their editor for real-time vulnerability assessment during code review

03

Data pipeline development: Copilot fetches sample data via MCP and generates transformation scripts, validators, and test fixtures from actual API responses

04

Documentation generation: Copilot queries available tools and auto-generates README sections, API reference docs, and usage examples

Example Prompts for Coder (Remote Dev) in VS Code Copilot

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your VS Code Copilot agent to start working with Coder (Remote Dev) immediately.

01

"Show me the current Coder deployment statistics and build info."

02

"List all active AI Bridge sessions and their available models."

03

"Get the SSH configuration for my Coder instance."

Troubleshooting Coder (Remote Dev) MCP Server with VS Code Copilot

Common issues when connecting Coder (Remote Dev) to VS Code Copilot through Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

01

MCP tools not available

Ensure you are in Agent mode in Copilot Chat. MCP tools only appear in Agent mode.

Coder (Remote Dev) + VS Code Copilot FAQ

Common questions about integrating Coder (Remote Dev) MCP Server with VS Code Copilot.

01

Which VS Code version supports MCP?

MCP support requires VS Code 1.99 or later with the GitHub Copilot extension. Ensure both are updated to the latest version. Older versions of Copilot may not expose the Agent mode toggle.
02

How do I switch to Agent mode?

Open the Copilot Chat panel and look for two mode options: "Ask" and "Agent". Click "Agent" to enable autonomous tool calling. In Ask mode, Copilot provides conversational answers but cannot invoke MCP tools.
03

Can I restrict which MCP tools Copilot can access?

Yes. VS Code shows a tool consent dialog before any MCP tool is invoked for the first time. You can also configure tool access policies at the organization level through GitHub Copilot settings.
04

Does MCP work in VS Code Remote or Codespaces?

Yes. MCP servers configured via .vscode/mcp.json work in Remote SSH, WSL, and GitHub Codespaces environments. The MCP connection is established from the remote host, so ensure the server URL is accessible from that environment.

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