How to Use the CrowdTangle MCP in VS Code Copilot

Q: How does VS Code Copilot access my CrowdTangle dashboards?

It uses the listmonitoredlists tool to retrieve your workspace configurations and list IDs. This lets you reference your actual tracked accounts directly in VS Code Copilot.

Q: Can I monitor viral spikes using CrowdTangle inside VS Code Copilot?

Yes, your agent runs gettopperformingposts to fetch posts with high interaction scores, letting you inspect viral trends right in your editor.

Q: How do I search for social media posts in VS Code Copilot using CrowdTangle?

Ask Copilot to search for a keyword. It executes searchpostsbykeyword to find matching posts and displays their engagement metrics in your chat.

Q: Can I retrieve leaderboard rankings for tracked accounts?

Yes, the getaccountleaderboard tool fetches rankings and engagement rates, giving your team instant access to competitive benchmarks.

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Pull live engagement metrics into VS Code Copilot

The `list_recent_posts` tool pulls post content, platform identifiers, and engagement metrics directly into your VS Code Copilot chat panel. This allows your team to analyze social performance trends without leaving the development environment using this MCP Server. Your agent can run `get_post_details` to drill down into reaction breakdowns and share histories for specific post IDs. It makes debugging social media analytics engines straightforward because you are working with live, production-grade tracking data.

Audit link shares with this team-wide MCP Server

The `get_link_shares` tool identifies which tracked accounts shared a specific URL and calculates the total interactions they generated. When building referral or attribution engines, your VS Code Copilot agent uses this tool to verify how your code processes real-world distribution data. By calling `search_posts_by_keyword`, the agent can also verify how keyword-based campaigns perform across platforms. It ensures your marketing analytics tools are built on verified data structures.

Manage tracking lists in VS Code Copilot

The `search_tracking_lists` tool resolves list metadata matching your specified title filters directly within your workspace. This helps your team quickly locate target influencer lists or media groups when writing custom data pipelines over MCP. Your agent can then run `list_media_posts` to pull recent image or video posts from those lists. It gives your developers instant access to rich media URLs and captions for testing rendering components.

Setup guide

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Common questions about CrowdTangle MCP in VS Code Copilot

It uses the `list_monitored_lists` tool to retrieve your workspace configurations and list IDs. This lets you reference your actual tracked accounts directly in VS Code Copilot.

Yes, your agent runs `get_top_performing_posts` to fetch posts with high interaction scores, letting you inspect viral trends right in your editor.

Ask Copilot to search for a keyword. It executes `search_posts_by_keyword` to find matching posts and displays their engagement metrics in your chat.

Yes, the `get_account_leaderboard` tool fetches rankings and engagement rates, giving your team instant access to competitive benchmarks.

Yes, it is. Your CrowdTangle credentials run through Vinkius's zero-trust sandbox and are never exposed to the LLM or saved in your shared MCP configuration file.

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