How to Use the GetStream MCP in VS Code Copilot

Q: How does VS Code Copilot handle rate limits when calling GetStream?

The agent monitors responses from tools like batchfollow and updateactivities. It automatically spaces out requests or batches operations to prevent your development environment from getting rate-limited.

Q: How do we test open graph previews in Copilot Chat?

Ask the agent to run getopengraph with a test URL. It will return the scraped title, description, and image metadata, allowing you to instantly preview how the card will render in your application.

Share feed configurations across your team and build social features in VS Code Copilot.

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Share social feed configurations in VS Code Copilot

The `get_feed` tool provides your development team with shared access to live GetStream feed states directly within VS Code Copilot. By committing a `.vscode/mcp.json` file to your repository, every engineer can use `add_activity_to_feed` to test VS Code Copilot timeline generation without setting up local database mocks. Developers can purge bad test data using `remove_activity_from_feed` without leaving their VS Code Copilot session. This shared GetStream MCP Server setup guarantees that your entire engineering team tests against identical schemas and API environments in VS Code Copilot.

Verify social graphs as a team

The `batch_follow` tool allows your team to simulate complex follow networks and test GetStream fan-out performance directly from VS Code Copilot. Your developers can verify follower counts using `list_feed_followers` to ensure that VS Code Copilot distributes updates correctly across test accounts. If a user unfollows a feed, the agent uses `unfollow_feed` to test the cleanup process inside VS Code Copilot. This immediate feedback loop helps your team identify latency bottlenecks in your GetStream social graph before committing VS Code Copilot code to production.

Scaffold rich media previews with this MCP Server

The `get_open_graph` tool scrapes metadata from target URLs, allowing VS Code Copilot to scaffold accurate link preview components for GetStream. Your agent uploads files using `upload_file` to test how your media-heavy GetStream activities render inside VS Code Copilot. If an asset is no longer needed, the agent calls `delete_file` to clean up your GetStream storage bucket from VS Code Copilot. This gives your frontend engineers a direct line to your GetStream media CDN, accelerating the development of media-rich user feeds in VS Code Copilot.

Setup guide

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Common questions about GetStream MCP in VS Code Copilot

Commit a .vscode/mcp.json file containing the server configuration to your Git repository. Once your developers open the workspace in VS Code 1.96+, Copilot Chat will automatically load the feed tools from the MCP configuration.

Yes. The agent reads your local database schemas and uses batch_post_collections and add_activity_to_feed to draft migration scripts that sync your local data with your live feeds.

The agent monitors responses from tools like batch_follow and update_activities. It automatically spaces out requests or batches operations to prevent your development environment from getting rate-limited.

Ask the agent to run get_open_graph with a test URL. It will return the scraped title, description, and image metadata, allowing you to instantly preview how the card will render in your application.

This server accesses activity payloads, social graph configurations, and collection objects. All connections go through secure HTTPS tunnels directly to Vinkius's zero-trust, ephemeral sandboxes, ensuring your team's API credentials never leak.

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