Bring Retargeting
to VS Code Copilot
Learn how to connect AdRoll to VS Code Copilot and start using 7 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the AdRoll MCP Server?
Connect your AdRoll account to any AI agent and take full control of your digital advertising operations and retargeting workflows through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Campaign Orchestration — List and manage all your advertising campaigns programmatically, retrieving detailed budget settings and high-fidelity operational status in real-time
- Ad Group & Creative Intelligence — Access your complete directory of ad groups and creative assets to coordinate your visual marketing strategy across multiple channels
- Performance Reporting — Programmatically retrieve real-time metrics including clicks, impressions, and high-fidelity spend data to optimize your ROI directly through your agent
- Audience Segmentation — Access and manage your retargeting segments to ensure perfectly coordinated audience targeting and high-fidelity personalized experiences
- Infrastructure Monitoring — Access advertisable profile metadata and verify account-level settings directly through your agent for instant operational reporting
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your API Key or Personal Access Token from the AdRoll Developer Portal
3. Start managing your advertising performance from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual toggling between complex ad tables or missing spend spikes. Your AI acts as your dedicated ad operations coordinator and performance analyst.
Who is this for?
- Marketing Managers — instantly retrieve campaign performance recaps and monitor spend using natural language commands
- Growth Advertisers — orchestrate audience segments and verify creative status without leaving your creative workspace
- Media Buyers — automate the retrieval of structured advertising metrics for internal reporting through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (7)
Get campaign details
Pass report criteria as a JSON string. Get performance report
List ad groups for a campaign
List all ads for an advertisable
List all advertisable profiles
List campaigns for an advertisable
List audience segments
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings AdRoll data directly into your VS Code workflow. With a project-scoped config, the entire team shares access to 7 tools. Copilot queries live data, generates typed code, and writes tests from actual API responses, all without leaving the editor.
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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
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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
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GitHub's enterprise compliance and audit features extend to MCP tool usage, providing visibility into how AI interacts with external services
AdRoll in VS Code Copilot
AdRoll and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect AdRoll to VS Code Copilot through Vinkius don't need to source, host, or maintain individual MCP servers. Every tool call runs inside a hardened runtime with credential isolation, DLP, and a signed audit chain.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Server catalog | Find and host yourself | 3,400+ managed |
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted | Sandboxed V8 isolates |
| Credential handling | Plaintext in config | Vault + runtime injection |
| Data loss prevention | None | Configurable DLP policies |
| Kill switch | None | Global instant shutdown |
| Financial circuit breakers | None | Per-server limits + alerts |
| Audit trail | None | Ed25519 signed logs |
| SIEM log streaming | None | Splunk, Datadog, Webhook |
| Honeytokens | None | Canary alerts on leak |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | DNS challenge verified |
| GDPR compliance | Manual effort | Automated purge + export |
Why teams choose Vinkius for AdRoll in VS Code Copilot
The AdRoll MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS — a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 7 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in VS Code Copilot only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure, zero maintenance.
* Every MCP server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS - a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts optimized for native MCP execution. See our infrastructure
How Vinkius secures
AdRoll for VS Code Copilot
Every tool call from VS Code Copilot to the AdRoll MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find my AdRoll API credentials?
Log in to the AdRoll Developer Portal, navigate to your dashboard, and generate a Personal Access Token or register an app to obtain your API Key.
Can I retrieve spend metrics via AI?
Yes! The get_report tool allows your agent to retrieve high-fidelity spend and performance data by providing a JSON criteria object.
How do I check my advertisable profiles?
Use the list_advertisables tool to retrieve your complete directory of websites and brands managed within your AdRoll account programmatically.
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.
MCP tools not available
Ensure you are in Agent mode in Copilot Chat. MCP tools only appear in Agent mode.