How to Use the Cognee MCP in VS Code Copilot
Share a unified Cognee knowledge graph across your entire engineering team directly inside VS Code Copilot.
Works with every AI agent you already use
…and any MCP-compatible client
Connect Cognee MCP to VS Code Copilot
Create your Vinkius account to connect Cognee 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.
Shared team knowledge ingestion in VS Code Copilot
The `cognee_add_data` tool imports engineering documents, system runbooks, and architecture specs into your shared workspace cache. It acts as the entry point for all team knowledge before graph generation. Because this runs through a shared config, any developer on the team can stage documents right from their editor panel. This keeps your team's reference material consistent.
Automated graph building with this MCP Server
The `cognee_cognify` tool extracts entities, maps codebase dependencies, and links related documentation into a unified graph structure. It runs the heavy lifting of embedding generation in the background. Your team gets a structured semantic map without manual maintenance. The agent references these deep relationships when answering architecture questions.
Team-wide semantic graph search
The `cognee_search` tool queries your shared knowledge graph using natural language and graph traversal. It pulls exact, context-rich answers instead of doing simple keyword matches across files. You can also execute `cognee_get_insights` to discover hidden connections between legacy modules and new features. This MCP tool ensures your team works from the same source of truth.
Set up Cognee 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.jsonin your workspace. - 2
Add the Cognee 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 Cognee tools listed. Try asking: "List my recent Cognee transactions" and Copilot will invoke them automatically.
{
"mcpServers": {
"cognee-mcp": {
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
}
}
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