How do I get a Loops API key?

Log in to your Loops account, go to **Settings** → **API**, and generate a new API key. Ensure it has the necessary permissions. Then provide it when prompted by the MCP server setup.

What operations are supported by this MCP server?

The server supports: testing API key validity, finding/creating/updating/deleting contacts, listing mailing lists, sending events to trigger email journeys, sending transactional emails, listing sent transactional emails, and checking contact suppression status.

What is the difference between mailing lists and transactional emails in Loops?

Mailing lists are used for marketing campaigns and automated email journeys. Transactional emails are one-off, triggered messages like receipts, password resets, or order confirmations. Both are supported by this MCP server.

How can I check if an email is suppressed in Loops?

Use the 'get_contact_suppression' tool provided by this MCP server. Simply ask the AI to check the suppression status for any email address, and it will tell you if that email is currently suppressed from receiving emails.

Loops MCP Server for VS Code Copilot 10 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: Loops
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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "loops": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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About Loops MCP Server

Loops is a modern email marketing and transactional email platform designed for startups and growing businesses. It provides powerful automation for email journeys, audience segmentation, contact management, and detailed analytics. This MCP server enables AI agents to manage contacts, mailing lists, trigger events for automated journeys, send transactional emails, and check suppression statuses — all through natural language commands.

GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Loops 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.

Key capabilities:

Search, create, update, and delete contacts

Manage mailing lists

Trigger email journeys with events

Send transactional emails programmatically

Check email suppression status

View sent transactional email history

The Loops 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 Loops to VS Code Copilot via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Loops 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 Loops

Ask Copilot: "Using Loops, help me...". 10 tools available

Why Use VS Code Copilot with the Loops MCP Server

GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio Code provides unique advantages when paired with Loops 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

Loops + VS Code Copilot Use Cases

Practical scenarios where VS Code Copilot combined with the Loops 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

Loops MCP Tools for VS Code Copilot (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect Loops to VS Code Copilot via MCP:

create_contact

Requires an email address. Optionally accepts firstName, lastName, and userGroup. Create a new contact in Loops

delete_contact

This action cannot be undone. Delete a contact from Loops by ID

find_contact

Returns the contact details if found. Find a contact in Loops by email address

get_contact_suppression

Suppressed emails will not receive emails. Returns the suppression status for the given email. Check if an email address is suppressed in Loops

list_mailing_lists

Use this to discover available lists for subscribing contacts. List all mailing lists in Loops

list_transactional_emails

Optionally accepts a limit parameter to control the number of results returned. List recently sent transactional emails from Loops

send_event

Requires an eventName. Optionally accepts email and/or userId to identify the recipient. Send an event to trigger email journeys in Loops

send_transactional_email

Requires the transactionalId. Optionally accepts email and dataVariables (as JSON string) for template variables. Send a transactional email via Loops

test_api_key

Returns success/failure status. Test if the Loops API key is valid and working

update_contact

Requires the contact ID. Accepts any fields to update such as firstName, lastName, email, userGroup, etc. Update an existing contact in Loops by ID

Example Prompts for Loops in VS Code Copilot

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

"Find the contact with email user@example.com in Loops"

"Create a new contact in Loops with email newuser@example.com, first name John, and last name Doe"

"List all mailing lists in my Loops account"

"Send a transactional email with template txn_123 to customer@example.com"

Troubleshooting Loops MCP Server with VS Code Copilot

Common issues when connecting Loops 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.

Loops + VS Code Copilot FAQ

Common questions about integrating Loops 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.