How to Use the Honeycomb MCP in VS Code Copilot

Q: How do I run Honeycomb queries from VS Code Copilot?

Your VS Code Copilot agent uses .vscode/mcp.json to connect, then calls createqueryspecification and runquery to query Honeycomb. It then pulls the final dataset using getqueryresult directly into your active Copilot Chat panel.

Q: Can my team share the Honeycomb MCP Server configuration across VS Code Copilot?

Yes. You commit .vscode/mcp.json to your repository, which automatically configures the Honeycomb MCP Server for every developer using VS Code Copilot on your team.

Q: How do we create Honeycomb markers during a deployment using VS Code Copilot?

You can ask your VS Code Copilot agent to run createmarker with the deployment details. It will post the marker to your Honeycomb dataset, making it visible to everyone on the team.

Q: Can I inspect Honeycomb alert definitions in VS Code Copilot?

Yes. The agent can use listtriggers to fetch Honeycomb alert configurations for any dataset slug. This helps you understand what thresholds are set up for your services directly in VS Code Copilot.

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Run Diagnostic Queries inside VS Code Copilot

By committing `.vscode/mcp.json` to your git repository, your team gets instant access to this Honeycomb MCP Server to run `list_datasets` directly inside VS Code Copilot. Developers can inspect telemetry schemas with `list_dataset_columns` without leaving their workspace. Your VS Code Copilot chat panel displays Honeycomb query results from `get_query_result` directly next to your shared repository code. No more manual queries during a group debugging session.

Track Deployments and Annotate Timelines

Keep your team aligned during outages. Your VS Code Copilot agent can use this MCP integration to run `create_marker` and annotate your Honeycomb datasets whenever a hotfix is merged. Developers can ask VS Code Copilot to run `list_markers` to see if someone else deployed a change right before the error rate spiked. This eliminates the usual Slack chatter of asking who pushed what and when.

Access Team Dashboards and Active Alerts

Stop digging through browser bookmarks to find your service dashboards. This MCP Server lets your agent call `list_honeycomb_boards` to list your team's shared boards directly in VS Code Copilot. Run `list_triggers` inside VS Code Copilot to let your developers view Honeycomb alert thresholds without leaving their shared workspace. It gives your developers instant context on what the SRE team is monitoring.

Setup guide

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Common questions about Honeycomb MCP in VS Code Copilot

Your VS Code Copilot agent uses `.vscode/mcp.json` to connect, then calls `create_query_specification` and `run_query` to query Honeycomb. It then pulls the final dataset using `get_query_result` directly into your active Copilot Chat panel.

Yes. You commit `.vscode/mcp.json` to your repository, which automatically configures the Honeycomb MCP Server for every developer using VS Code Copilot on your team.

You can ask your VS Code Copilot agent to run `create_marker` with the deployment details. It will post the marker to your Honeycomb dataset, making it visible to everyone on the team.

Yes. The agent can use `list_triggers` to fetch Honeycomb alert configurations for any dataset slug. This helps you understand what thresholds are set up for your services directly in VS Code Copilot.

The server only touches your Honeycomb dataset schemas, query specifications, and board configurations. All credentials are encrypted inside Vinkius's secure MCP vault, and execution happens in isolated, single-use sandboxes that are wiped clean immediately after the query completes.

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