How to Use the Haversine Distance Engine MCP in VS Code Copilot

Q: How do I share the Haversine Distance Engine with my team in VS Code Copilot?

Create a .vscode/mcp.json file in your repository root and add the MCP server configuration. When your team opens the project in VS Code Copilot, the tool will be ready for them.

Give your team shared access to the Haversine Distance Engine inside VS Code Copilot for consistent distance math.

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Share geographic calculations across VS Code Copilot teams

Your team can access the `calculate_distance` tool inside VS Code Copilot to maintain mathematical consistency across projects. You can commit the MCP configuration to your repository so everyone on your team has access to the same tool. The agent uses the tool to compute the spherical distance between coordinates. This ensures that every developer is working with the same mathematical baseline.

Write accurate routing scripts inside your editor

The `calculate_distance` tool helps you verify the output of your custom routing scripts directly in the editor. If you are building a logistics feature, you can ask the editor to generate coordinate validation scripts. This integration lets you test your routing logic against real-world coordinate pairs. You catch calculation discrepancies early in the development cycle before committing your code.

Inspect coordinate data directly in Copilot Chat

You can inspect coordinate data in Copilot Chat by passing coordinates to the `calculate_distance` tool. When you are debugging a database migration with geographic coordinates, you can paste the coordinates into the chat. This MCP setup makes validating your database entries incredibly fast. You get the distance in miles and kilometers without having to run a separate SQL query or python script.

Setup guide

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Common questions about Haversine Distance Engine MCP in VS Code Copilot

Create a `.vscode/mcp.json` file in your repository root and add the MCP server configuration. When your team opens the project in VS Code Copilot, the tool will be ready for them.

No, this server runs local mathematical calculations. VS Code Copilot communicates with the tool locally, avoiding any external API calls.

Yes, you can ask Copilot Chat to calculate distances between coordinates. The agent will run the tool and give you the distance in miles and kilometers in plain text.

The tool validates the latitude and longitude ranges before running the calculation. If the coordinates are out of bounds, VS Code Copilot will show an error message.

All coordinate data is processed locally within the running MCP server subprocess. No external services or remote logging platforms receive your coordinates, ensuring complete security within your enterprise environment.

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