How to Use the Electricity Maps Carbon Intelligence MCP in VS Code Copilot

Equip your engineering team with the Electricity Maps Carbon Intelligence MCP Server inside VS Code Copilot.

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Connect Electricity Maps Carbon Intelligence MCP to VS Code Copilot

Create your Vinkius account to connect Electricity Maps Carbon Intelligence 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 Electricity Maps Carbon Intelligence with VS Code Copilot

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Deploy Team-Wide Grid Intelligence in VS Code Copilot

`get_carbon_intensity` is the core tool your team uses to check grid carbon metrics directly within Copilot Chat. By committing the configuration to your repository, every developer gets instant access. This allows your team to build carbon-aware applications uniformly. No individual setup is required once the shared configuration is in place.

Inspect Real-Time Power Production Mixes

`get_power_production_breakdown` allows Copilot to analyze the active energy mix of any target region. Your team can verify if a region is running on hydro or coal before selecting server locations. This brings hard metrics to your infrastructure discussions. The math is simple. Developers can query live grid breakdowns during code reviews to justify regional hosting choices.

Browse Global Grid Boundaries Instantly

`list_energy_zones` provides the complete list of supported grid zones directly to Copilot. Developers no longer need to search external databases for zone codes. Copilot calls this tool to resolve coordinates to zone IDs. This speeds up the development of location-based carbon tracking features.

Setup guide

Set up Electricity Maps Carbon 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 Electricity Maps Carbon 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 Electricity Maps Carbon Intelligence tools listed. Try asking: "List my recent Electricity Maps Carbon Intelligence transactions" and Copilot will invoke them automatically.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "electricity-maps-carbon-intelligence-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Electricity Maps Carbon Intelligence MCP in VS Code Copilot

Create a configuration file in your project root and commit it to Git. Every developer with the Copilot extension will automatically have access to the grid tools.

Yes, when you ask Copilot about grid carbon, it will run the tools to fetch live data. You just need to approve the tool execution in the chat window.

Your agent queries the carbon intensity tools to recommend the greenest deployment target. It analyzes live regional data to ensure your servers spin up where emissions are lowest.

You need VS Code version 1.96 or higher along with the GitHub Copilot Chat extension. Make sure Agent mode is active in your chat settings.

All zone queries and API keys are transmitted over encrypted channels directly to the isolated Vinkius runner. Your internal network metadata is never logged or shared.

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