How to Use the Criteo Marketing API MCP in VS Code Copilot

Q: How do we roll out the Criteo Marketing API to VS Code Copilot?

Commit a .vscode/mcp.json file to your project root containing the Vinkius endpoint URL. Every developer using VS Code 1.96 or higher will automatically inherit the tools when they pull the repository.

Q: How does Vinkius protect our Criteo marketing budgets?

Every time your team runs listmarketingbudgets, the request executes inside a disposable V8 Isolate. The sandbox is destroyed immediately after returning the spend data, ensuring your financial metrics never persist on our servers.

Give your whole engineering team access to live Criteo ad metrics directly inside VS Code Copilot.

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Managing API keys for every developer on your team is a massive headache. Using this MCP Server, you configure the connection once in your repository's `.vscode/mcp.json` file. Everyone who pulls the repo immediately gets access to `list_advertisers` and `list_marketing_campaigns` through their chat window. Onboarding new engineers becomes trivial. They open the project, start a chat, and can instantly ask the agent to fetch `get_campaign_details` for the current sprint. The tools just work, zero local setup required.

Pull live marketing stats into your editor

Writing internal reporting tools requires knowing exactly what the data looks like. Instead of guessing, your AI client runs `get_marketing_statistics` to pull real performance numbers into the editor. Copilot uses that live context to write accurate data parsing logic. Budget monitoring scripts benefit from the same live access. Ask the agent to check `list_marketing_budgets` while you write a cron job. Seeing the actual spend data ensures your threshold alerts trigger on the correct JSON fields.

Inspect Criteo ad configurations via MCP Server

Debugging a mismatch between your database and Criteo's backend usually means opening ten browser tabs. Now you just ask Copilot to verify the source of truth. The agent executes `list_ad_sets` and `get_ad_set_details` to dump the raw settings straight into your IDE. Verifying targeting rules works exactly the same way. Tell your editor to run `list_audiences` and `list_audience_segments` to confirm which groups are active. You get the exact IDs and parameters without ever leaving your code.

Setup guide

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Common questions about Criteo Marketing API MCP in VS Code Copilot

Commit a `.vscode/mcp.json` file to your project root containing the Vinkius endpoint URL. Every developer using VS Code 1.96 or higher will automatically inherit the tools when they pull the repository.

No. The tools provided here are strictly for reading data. Your agent can call endpoints like `list_ad_creatives` to inspect assets, but it cannot alter budgets or delete ads.

Make sure you have switched Copilot Chat into Agent mode. Standard chat cannot execute external commands. You also need to verify that your Vinkius auth token is valid.

Yes. Vinkius handles the actual Criteo authentication remotely, meaning your developers only need a single endpoint token. You never distribute raw API keys to individual laptops.

Every time your team runs `list_marketing_budgets`, the request executes inside a disposable V8 Isolate. The sandbox is destroyed immediately after returning the spend data, ensuring your financial metrics never persist on our servers.

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