How to Use the Diffbot MCP in VS Code Copilot

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Connect Diffbot MCP to VS Code Copilot

Create your Vinkius account to connect Diffbot 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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Enterprise web extraction for VS Code Copilot

Equip your entire engineering team with a shared set of extraction tools. By committing the configuration to your repo, every developer uses the same `extract_article` and `extract_list` logic. This ensures consistency across your data pipelines. When the team needs to pull site content, they use the same tools, preventing the fragmentation that comes with custom scripts.

Shared data extraction config

Manage your team's scraping needs through a single repository file. With `extract_custom_api`, you can define specific extraction rules and share them across the organization. This approach lets your team focus on building the features that use the data rather than debugging the scrapers themselves. It is the efficient way to handle large-scale data ingestion.

Reliable data ingestion pipelines

Build resilient agents that interact with external sites using standardized tools. The server handles the nuances of different web layouts, returning clean JSON that is ready for your team's RAG pipelines. Tools like `extract_job` and `extract_event` provide predictable outputs, which means your downstream models perform better and require less cleaning of the input data.

Setup guide

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Common questions about Diffbot MCP in VS Code Copilot

Commit the server configuration to a .vscode/mcp.json file in your repository. This ensures that every developer on your team has access to the same tools when they open the project.

Yes. It is designed for team environments where you need to share extraction logic. Using `extract_product` allows your team to integrate live retail data into your enterprise applications.

Absolutely. You can use these tools to pull large datasets from the web into your workspace. The agent can then summarize or transform the data for your team's reports.

The server communicates via standard HTTPS and does not store your data. It acts as a pass-through, converting raw HTML into JSON on the fly, which is then handled by your local agent.

The server processes only the public web content provided by the URLs you specify. It does not access private files or sensitive environment data on your machine, keeping your internal code safe.

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