How to Use the myDevices MCP in VS Code Copilot

Q: How do we share the myDevices setup in VS Code Copilot?

Create a .vscode/mcp.json file in your repository and commit it. When team members open the project in VS Code Copilot, they will automatically have access to tools like listdevices using their shared configuration.

Q: How do we debug myDevices alerts in VS Code Copilot?

Ask Copilot to run listalerts to fetch any active hardware errors. Copilot will display the alert details, allowing you to write targeted error-handling routines directly in your active code file.

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Share myDevices configurations across your team

The myDevices MCP Server integrates with VS Code Copilot via shared project files, allowing your entire engineering team to query `list_devices` and `list_sensors` with identical tool definitions. This ensures everyone on the team inspects the same hardware registry during development. When debugging complex setups, any team member can run `get_device` through Copilot Chat to read the status of a shared test bench, eliminating mismatched environment settings across developer machines.

Analyze live sensor feeds in VS Code Copilot

Query current hardware states using `get_sensor_data` directly inside your Copilot Chat panel. This lets developers working on telemetry dashboards inspect live values to ensure their UI components match the incoming data types. For analytical tasks, feed historical telemetry into Copilot using `get_sensor_history`. The assistant can help you write aggregate queries or optimization scripts based on the actual historical behavior of your deployed hardware.

Automate alert handling and control loops

Monitor hardware failures by calling `list_alerts` directly from your VS Code workspace. Copilot can analyze the active alerts and suggest specific code modifications or run `send_command` to mitigate the issue immediately. This tight feedback loop between monitoring alerts and executing commands helps your team build reliable automated handlers, translating Cayenne events directly into working code logic inside your editor.

Setup guide

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Common questions about myDevices MCP in VS Code Copilot

Create a `.vscode/mcp.json` file in your repository and commit it. When team members open the project in VS Code Copilot, they will automatically have access to tools like `list_devices` using their shared configuration.

Yes, if you ask Copilot to toggle a relay or change a setting, it calls the `send_command` tool. This routes the action through the myDevices Cayenne API to your physical device.

Ask Copilot to run `list_alerts` to fetch any active hardware errors. Copilot will display the alert details, allowing you to write targeted error-handling routines directly in your active code file.

You need VS Code version 1.96 or higher and the GitHub Copilot extension. Once those are ready, the server links up via your local or global MCP Server file.

Yes, Vinkius runs the myDevices MCP Server in a zero-trust, ephemeral sandbox. Your device credentials and sensor telemetry are processed locally or within your secure Vinkius instance, preventing them from being used for public LLM training.

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