How to Use the Metronome MCP in VS Code Copilot

Q: How do I share the Metronome MCP Server configuration with my team in VS Code Copilot?

Add the Metronome configuration to a .vscode/mcp.json file in your repository. When your team members open the project in VS Code, Copilot will automatically detect and load the billing tools.

Q: Can I check customer balances using Metronome in VS Code Copilot?

Yes, you can ask VS Code Copilot to run getnetbalance or listbalances for any customer ID. The agent will fetch the real-time financial status directly into your editor.

Q: How do I archive a customer using Metronome and VS Code Copilot?

You can instruct VS Code Copilot to call archivecustomer from the chat interface. This voids outstanding invoices and archives the customer's active contracts in your test or production environment.

Q: Can I create threshold notifications with this setup?

Yes, you can ask the agent to run createnotification or createalert to set up billing alerts. This makes it easy to configure automated spend limits during development.

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Team-wide billing verification via VS Code Copilot

This MCP Server allows your engineering team to share a unified billing test configuration in VS Code Copilot using `list_products` and `get_services`. By committing the server setup to your repository, every developer can instantly verify API integrations. When debugging customer issues, any developer on the team can ask Copilot to run `get_customer` to inspect account status. It ensures everyone uses the same live data instead of relying on outdated local mock files.

Build automated billing pipelines inside VS Code

Writing integration code for event pipes is fast when your VS Code Copilot agent can verify syntax against `ingest_events` and `create_commit`. The agent can inspect your database schema and automatically generate the logic to push usage data to Metronome. If you need to set up credit balances for enterprise customers, the agent can call `list_credit_types` to ensure your code uses the correct currency or unit definitions. This prevents runtime errors caused by mismatched billing units.

Manage invoice lifecycles from VS Code Copilot

Handling invoice operations gets much faster when your VS Code Copilot agent manages billing documents using `list_invoices` and `void_invoice`. You can quickly verify that your application's billing engine is generating the correct invoices during integration tests. If a test run generates incorrect charges, you can ask Copilot to call `regenerate_invoice` to update the statement. It keeps your testing cycle fast without requiring manual intervention in the billing UI.

Setup guide

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Common questions about Metronome MCP in VS Code Copilot

Add the Metronome configuration to a `.vscode/mcp.json` file in your repository. When your team members open the project in VS Code, Copilot will automatically detect and load the billing tools.

Yes, you can ask VS Code Copilot to run `get_net_balance` or `list_balances` for any customer ID. The agent will fetch the real-time financial status directly into your editor.

You can instruct VS Code Copilot to call `archive_customer` from the chat interface. This voids outstanding invoices and archives the customer's active contracts in your test or production environment.

Yes, you can ask the agent to run `create_notification` or `create_alert` to set up billing alerts. This makes it easy to configure automated spend limits during development.

All API requests containing customer IDs, contract details, and invoice amounts are sent directly to Metronome's secure endpoints. Your sensitive billing tokens are stored in your local VS Code environment, keeping them isolated from external servers.

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