How do I get an Endear API Key?

Log in to your Endear dashboard, navigate to **Settings > API**, and you can generate or retrieve your unique API Key from there. API access is typically available on professional and enterprise plans.

Can the agent send messages to customers?

This integration currently focuses on listing and auditing customers, notes, and orders. Sending outbound SMS or emails via Endear should be managed through the Endear mobile app or dashboard clienteling interface.

Does the integration show real-time stock levels?

You can retrieve product metadata using the list_retail_products tool. While it shows current product availability, detailed granular inventory across all locations should be confirmed within the Endear inventory module.

Endear Retail CRM MCP Server for VS Code Copilot 10 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: Endear Retail CRM
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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "endear-retail-crm": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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About Endear Retail CRM MCP Server

Integrate Endear, the leading retail CRM and clienteling platform, directly into your AI workflow. Manage your customer profiles and purchase history, track clienteling notes and interactions, monitor product catalogs and team tasks, and oversee your retail operations using natural language.

GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Endear Retail CRM data directly into your VS Code workflow. With a project-scoped config, the entire team shares access to 10 tools. Copilot queries live data, generates typed code, and writes tests from actual API responses, all without leaving the editor.

What you can do

Customer Oversight — List and retrieve detailed profiles, email addresses, and total spend for all your retail customers.
Purchase Intelligence — Monitor customer order history, resolving order numbers, amounts, and fulfillment statuses.
Clienteling Management — Access and monitor customer notes and interactions, tracking tasks and follow-ups for your sales team.
Retail Auditing — Retrieve high-level summaries of customer volume, order activity, and organizational retail health instantly.

The Endear Retail CRM MCP Server exposes 10 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to VS Code Copilot in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect Endear Retail CRM to VS Code Copilot via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Endear Retail CRM MCP Server with VS Code Copilot.

Create MCP config

Create a .vscode/mcp.json file in your project root

Add the server config

Paste the JSON configuration above

Enable Agent mode

Open GitHub Copilot Chat and switch to Agent mode using the dropdown

Start using Endear Retail CRM

Ask Copilot: "Using Endear Retail CRM, help me...". 10 tools available

Why Use VS Code Copilot with the Endear Retail CRM MCP Server

GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio Code provides unique advantages when paired with Endear Retail CRM through the Model Context Protocol.

VS Code is used by over 70% of developers. adding MCP tools to Copilot means your team can leverage external data without leaving their primary editor

Project-scoped MCP configs (`.vscode/mcp.json`) let you commit server configurations to your repository, ensuring the entire team shares the same tool access

Copilot's Agent mode integrates MCP tools seamlessly with file editing, terminal commands, and workspace search in a single agentic loop

GitHub's enterprise compliance and audit features extend to MCP tool usage, providing visibility into how AI interacts with external services

Endear Retail CRM + VS Code Copilot Use Cases

Practical scenarios where VS Code Copilot combined with the Endear Retail CRM MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Live API integration: Copilot can query an MCP server, inspect the response schema, and generate typed API client code in the same step

DevSecOps workflows: security teams can give developers access to domain intelligence tools directly in their editor for real-time vulnerability assessment during code review

Data pipeline development: Copilot fetches sample data via MCP and generates transformation scripts, validators, and test fixtures from actual API responses

Documentation generation: Copilot queries available tools and auto-generates README sections, API reference docs, and usage examples

Endear Retail CRM MCP Tools for VS Code Copilot (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect Endear Retail CRM to VS Code Copilot via MCP:

get_customer_profile

Get detailed profile and history for a specific customer

get_endear_account_metadata

Retrieve metadata and settings for your Endear account

list_clienteling_tasks

List all clienteling and follow-up tasks

list_customer_clienteling_notes

List all clienteling notes and interactions for a specific customer

list_customer_purchase_history

List all orders and purchase history for a specific customer

list_retail_customers

List all customers in your Endear CRM

list_retail_products

List all products available in your retail catalog

list_retail_team_members

List all team members and sales associates in the organization

quick_retail_performance_audit

Retrieve a high-level summary of customers, orders, and products

search_customers_by_name_or_email

Search for customers using a name or email keyword

Example Prompts for Endear Retail CRM in VS Code Copilot

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your VS Code Copilot agent to start working with Endear Retail CRM immediately.

"List all customers with high total spend."

"Show me the last 5 orders for customer ID 'CUST-12345'."

"Search for customers matching 'Sarah'."

Troubleshooting Endear Retail CRM MCP Server with VS Code Copilot

Common issues when connecting Endear Retail CRM to VS Code Copilot through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

MCP tools not available

Ensure you are in Agent mode in Copilot Chat. MCP tools only appear in Agent mode.

Endear Retail CRM + VS Code Copilot FAQ

Common questions about integrating Endear Retail CRM MCP Server with VS Code Copilot.

Which VS Code version supports MCP?

MCP support requires VS Code 1.99 or later with the GitHub Copilot extension. Ensure both are updated to the latest version. Older versions of Copilot may not expose the Agent mode toggle.

How do I switch to Agent mode?

Open the Copilot Chat panel and look for two mode options: "Ask" and "Agent". Click "Agent" to enable autonomous tool calling. In Ask mode, Copilot provides conversational answers but cannot invoke MCP tools.

Can I restrict which MCP tools Copilot can access?

Yes. VS Code shows a tool consent dialog before any MCP tool is invoked for the first time. You can also configure tool access policies at the organization level through GitHub Copilot settings.

Does MCP work in VS Code Remote or Codespaces?

Yes. MCP servers configured via .vscode/mcp.json work in Remote SSH, WSL, and GitHub Codespaces environments. The MCP connection is established from the remote host, so ensure the server URL is accessible from that environment.