How to Use the Cuiabá Transparency MCP in VS Code Copilot

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Connect Cuiabá Transparency MCP to VS Code Copilot

Create your Vinkius account to connect Cuiabá Transparency 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.

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Setup Cuiabá Transparency with VS Code Copilot

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Share City Budgets via MCP Server

Getting a whole team to use the same API keys for government data is a massive headache. VS Code Copilot solves this instantly when you commit the MCP configuration to your repository. Every developer gets access to `list_budget` the moment they pull the latest branch. No one has to read outdated API documentation anymore. They just ask their agent to fetch the municipal allocation numbers, and it returns the exact payload right in their IDE sidebar.

Analyze Expenses in Your Editor

Switching between your code and a municipal portal breaks your concentration. This MCP setup keeps you focused by bringing the data fetching inside your workspace. You tell your AI client to check recent city spending, and it executes `list_expenses` to pull the records. The agent then helps you write the exact parsing logic needed for those specific transactions. If you need to cross-reference vendors, it runs `list_contracts` to grab the associated public tenders without you ever opening a browser.

Prototype with Live Payroll Data

Building civic tech requires testing against real, messy government records. Your agent pulls actual public servant compensation figures by triggering `list_personnel` while you type. It uses that live data to generate accurate type definitions for your project. Tax collection records are just as easy to integrate. The AI calls `list_revenues` to inspect the municipal income streams, then writes the SQL migrations or ORM models based on the true schema.

Setup guide

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Common questions about Cuiabá Transparency MCP in VS Code Copilot

Add an MCP file to your project root and commit it to version control. Anyone who clones the repo will automatically get the municipal data tools in their editor.

You need VS Code version 1.96 or higher to use this integration. Make sure you switch Copilot Chat into Agent mode to enable tool execution.

Definitely. Hit Cmd+Shift+P and search for the user configuration settings to set it up globally. This keeps the tools active across all your local projects.

No, you need an active internet connection to query the municipal endpoints. The server fetches live records from the city databases in real time.

We route all municipal contract and expenditure requests through a hardened, ephemeral sandbox. The MCP connection terminates immediately after the data is fetched, ensuring zero lingering access to your enterprise environment.

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