How to Use the EPA Envirofacts (Environmental Data) MCP in VS Code Copilot

Q: How do I enable the EPA Envirofacts (Environmental Data) tools for my team in VS Code Copilot?

Create a .vscode/mcp.json file in your project's root directory, add the server configuration, and commit it to your repository. Every team member using VS Code Copilot in that project will automatically get access.

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Setup EPA Envirofacts (Environmental Data) with VS Code Copilot

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Standardize Data for Your Team

Add this MCP server to your project's `.vscode/mcp.json` file and commit it. Now, every developer on your team automatically gets the same tools for accessing EPA data. No more mismatched environments or one-off scripts. When a teammate asks Copilot about UV data using `uv_daily_city_state`, they get the same, reliable answer you do. This ensures everyone is building against a single source of truth from the EPA.

Build with Production-Ready Data

Use Copilot's agent mode to prototype features with real data. Ask it to "find all facilities with TRI reports in this area" and it will use `graphql_query` to get a live list. You're not just chatting; you're scaffolding your application. The `rest_query` tool provides a stable way to access other critical EPA datasets. This isn't for one-off lookups. It's for building repeatable, data-driven workflows that your whole team can depend on.

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With Copilot in Agent mode, these EPA tools become part of your editor. You can ask it to fetch an hourly UV forecast with `uv_hourly_zip` and then immediately ask it to write a test case for that data. The integration is straightforward. You're in your editor, you need data, you ask for it. Copilot uses the configured MCP server to get it and then continues helping you write code, removing the context switch of going to a browser or API client.

Setup guide

Set up EPA Envirofacts (Environmental Data) 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.
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Add the EPA Envirofacts (Environmental Data) 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 EPA Envirofacts (Environmental Data) tools listed. Try asking: "List my recent EPA Envirofacts (Environmental Data) transactions" and Copilot will invoke them automatically.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "epa-envirofacts-environmental-data-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about EPA Envirofacts (Environmental Data) MCP in VS Code Copilot

Create a `.vscode/mcp.json` file in your project's root directory, add the server configuration, and commit it to your repository. Every team member using VS Code Copilot in that project will automatically get access.

Yes. In agent mode, you can ask questions like "What's the daily UV forecast for ZIP code 90210?" Copilot will use the `uv_daily_zip` tool to fetch the answer directly from the EPA.

It allows your agent to make direct queries to the EPA's REST API using a program and table name, like `tri.tri_facility`. It's how you access structured data tables that aren't in the main GraphQL endpoint.

Yes. The Vinkius platform running this server is SOC 2 compliant. All connections are authenticated and requests are processed in isolated, single-use environments, meeting common enterprise security requirements.

Your location data for UV forecasts is passed directly to the EPA API through an encrypted, end-to-end Vinkius connection. This data is not logged or stored, and each request is handled in a separate, temporary sandbox that is destroyed after use.

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