How to Use the EIA Full Access — U.S. Energy Intelligence MCP in VS Code Copilot

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Connect EIA Full Access — U.S. Energy Intelligence MCP to VS Code Copilot

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Setup EIA Full Access — U.S. Energy Intelligence with VS Code Copilot

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`get_total_energy` gives your entire engineering team access to the Monthly Energy Review metrics without distributing API keys. You commit the MCP configuration to your repository, and every developer instantly gets the ability to query petroleum, coal, and renewable statistics. No one wastes time reading API documentation. The integration standardizes how your team handles federal data. When a junior developer needs to check U.S. crude reserves, Copilot calls `get_crude_production` and formats the response. Everyone works from the same official numbers, eliminating mismatched data sources across different branches.

Analyze petroleum supply balances

`get_petroleum_summary` fetches the weekly supply and demand balance that dictates oil markets. Your AI client pulls production, imports, and commercial stocks directly into your editor. You can cross-check these numbers against `get_petroleum_consumption` to calculate sector-specific burn rates. Storage data completes the picture. The `get_petroleum_stocks` tool checks the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and commercial inventories. Copilot uses this data to help you write accurate historical backtesting scripts for commodity trading algorithms.

Monitor electric power generation

`get_power_generation` tracks electricity production by state, sector, and fuel source. You ask Copilot to compare natural gas versus coal generation in Texas, and it pulls the exact megawatt-hours from the federal database. The data informs the logic of the grid management software you are building. Granular facility data is just as accessible. The `get_plant_generation` tool isolates net generation and fuel consumption for individual power plants. You skip writing complex SQL queries and let the agent retrieve the exact facility records you need to test your application.

Setup guide

Set up EIA Full Access — U.S. Energy Intelligence 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 EIA Full Access — U.S. Energy Intelligence 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 EIA Full Access — U.S. Energy Intelligence tools listed. Try asking: "List my recent EIA Full Access — U.S. Energy Intelligence transactions" and Copilot will invoke them automatically.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "eia-full-access-us-energy-intelligence-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about EIA Full Access — U.S. Energy Intelligence MCP in VS Code Copilot

Add the server configuration to a .vscode/mcp.json file in your repository. Commit this file to version control. Anyone who pulls the repo and uses VS Code 1.96 or higher will have immediate access to the tools.

The server provides country-level production and emissions statistics. It also includes the international energy outlook for global projections by region and fuel type.

Vinkius handles the authentication layer for you. Your team only needs the single endpoint token configured in your workspace settings to access all 34 federal tools.

The short-term outlook tool provides 18-month price and supply projections. These cover crude oil, natural gas, and electricity markets based on monthly federal publications.

The integration operates through a stateless V8 isolate that processes your request for metrics like individual mine-level coal production and nothing else. Vinkius guarantees an ephemeral connection that drops immediately after returning the get_mine_production payload. Your internal corporate network remains completely isolated from the outbound API call.

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