Bring Reputation Management
to VS Code Copilot
Learn how to connect Birdeye to VS Code Copilot and start using 6 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the Birdeye MCP Server?
Connect your Birdeye account to any AI agent and take full control of your online reputation management and customer experience workflows through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Review Orchestration — List and manage customer reviews across multiple platforms (Google, Facebook, etc.) programmatically, retrieving detailed high-fidelity comments and ratings in real-time
- Automated Check-ins — Programmatically trigger review requests (check-ins) via SMS or Email to coordinate high-fidelity feedback collection from your recent visitors
- Sentiment Intelligence — Access complete customer profiles and retrieve detailed sentiment history to maintain a perfectly coordinated overview of your brand health
- Survey & Feedback Architecture — Programmatically dispatch custom surveys to specific customers and monitor their high-fidelity responses directly through your agent
- Multi-Location Visibility — Retrieve complete directories of all your business branches and locations to coordinate your organizational reputation programmatically
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your API Key and Business ID (bid) from your Birdeye dashboard (Settings > Integrations > API)
3. Start managing your customer experience from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual logging into individual review sites or missing critical feedback. Your AI acts as your dedicated reputation manager and customer success coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Marketing Managers — instantly retrieve high-level review summaries and monitor brand sentiment using natural language commands
- Customer Success Teams — automate the dispatch of review requests and track customer satisfaction without leaving your workspace
- Multi-Location Owners — monitor reputation performance across all branches and coordinate surveys through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (6)
Add a new customer profile
Trigger a review request (Check-in)
Get full customer profile
List all business locations
List customer reviews
Send a custom survey to a customer
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Birdeye data directly into your VS Code workflow. With a project-scoped config, the entire team shares access to 6 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
Birdeye in VS Code Copilot
Birdeye and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Birdeye 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 Birdeye in VS Code Copilot
The Birdeye 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 6 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
Birdeye for VS Code Copilot
Every tool call from VS Code Copilot to the Birdeye 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 Birdeye API Key and Business ID?
Log in to your account, navigate to Settings > Integrations > API, and you will find your API Key and the Business ID (bid).
Can I request a review via AI?
Yes! The customer_checkin tool allows your agent to record a customer visit and automatically send a review request via their preferred channel.
How do I check review ratings programmatically?
Use the list_reviews tool and provide an optional rating filter (1-5) to retrieve specific categories of feedback directly from the platform.
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.