How do I get a Credly API Key?

Log in to your Credly account and navigate to the organization settings to generate or retrieve your API Key. Ensure you have administrative privileges.

Can the agent issue badges to new recipients?

This integration currently provides tools for listing and auditing badges and templates. Issuing new badges should be handled through the Credly dashboard or specific automated workflows.

What badge details can I retrieve?

You can retrieve full badge profiles including recipient details, template criteria, associated skills, and current status (e.g., pending, accepted).

Credly MCP Server for VS Code Copilot 10 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

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

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About Credly MCP Server

Integrate Credly, the world's largest digital credential network, directly into your AI workflow. Manage your organization's badge templates, audit issued credentials, and track member skills using natural language.

GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Credly data directly into your VS Code workflow. With a project-scoped config, the entire team shares access to 10 tools. Copilot queries live data, generates typed code, and writes tests from actual API responses, all without leaving the editor.

What you can do

Badge Management — List all issued badges and explore your organization's badge templates.
Issuance Auditing — Monitor which recipients have received badges and track authorized issuers.
Skill Tracking — Explore the full inventory of skills mapped to your digital credentials.
Organization Insights — Retrieve metadata and member lists for your connected organizations.

The Credly MCP Server exposes 10 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to VS Code Copilot in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect Credly to VS Code Copilot via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Credly MCP Server with VS Code Copilot.

Create MCP config

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

Add the server config

Paste the JSON configuration above

Enable Agent mode

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

Start using Credly

Ask Copilot: "Using Credly, help me...". 10 tools available

Why Use VS Code Copilot with the Credly MCP Server

GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio Code provides unique advantages when paired with Credly through the Model Context Protocol.

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

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

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

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

Credly + VS Code Copilot Use Cases

Practical scenarios where VS Code Copilot combined with the Credly MCP Server delivers measurable value.

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

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

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

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

Credly MCP Tools for VS Code Copilot (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect Credly to VS Code Copilot via MCP:

get_badge_details

Get detailed information for a specific issued badge

get_organization_info

Get metadata for a specific organization

get_template_details

Get full design and criteria for a badge template

list_authorized_issuers

List people authorized to issue badges

list_badge_recipients

List people who have received badges

list_badge_skills

List all skills mapped to badges in the system

list_badge_templates

List all badge templates available for issuance

list_connected_organizations

List organizations connected to your account

list_issued_badges

List all badges issued by your organization

list_org_members

List all members of your organization on Credly

Example Prompts for Credly in VS Code Copilot

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your VS Code Copilot agent to start working with Credly immediately.

"List all badges issued by my organization in the last month."

"Show me the details for badge ID 'b8s9df7'."

"What skills are associated with the 'Senior DevOps Engineer' badge template?"

Troubleshooting Credly MCP Server with VS Code Copilot

Common issues when connecting Credly to VS Code Copilot through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

MCP tools not available

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

Credly + VS Code Copilot FAQ

Common questions about integrating Credly MCP Server with VS Code Copilot.

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.

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.

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.

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.