Bring Email Verification
to VS Code Copilot
Learn how to connect Clearout to VS Code Copilot and start using 10 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the Clearout MCP Server?
Connect your Clearout email intelligence account to any AI agent and simplify how you clean your contact lists, verify deliverability, and discover professional email addresses through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Email Verification — Instantly check if an email address is valid, active, and safe for your outreach campaigns.
- Lead Discovery — Find professional email addresses for prospects using only their full name and company domain.
- Deliverability Protection — Identify disposable, role-based, or catch-all addresses to protect your sender reputation.
- Credit Monitoring — Track your account usage and remaining API credits directly from the agent.
- Real-time Validation — Integrate verification into your automated workflows via simple AI commands.
- Prospect Insights — Verify lead data quality before adding them to your CRM or marketing machine.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Clearout API Key (found in your account dashboard under API)
3. Start validating your audience from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
Who is this for?
- Sales & SDR Teams — quickly find prospect emails and verify lead lists via simple AI commands.
- Marketing Managers — clean campaign lists and monitor sender reputation directly from the workspace.
- Growth Engineers — automate email validation and verify credit balances via the AI assistant.
Built-in capabilities (10)
Already processed emails retain their results. Cancel a bulk verification
Verify Clearout API connectivity
Download verification results
Find a business email
Check bulk verification progress
Check credit balance
Remove a bulk list
Returns a list ID to track progress. Verify emails in bulk
Verify catch-all domain
Verify a single email
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Clearout 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.
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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
Clearout in VS Code Copilot
Clearout and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Clearout 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 Clearout in VS Code Copilot
The Clearout 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 10 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
Clearout for VS Code Copilot
Every tool call from VS Code Copilot to the Clearout MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify if an email address is valid via AI?
Yes! Use the verify_email_address tool and provide the address. Your agent will return its status (Valid, Invalid, etc.) and deliverability score.
How do I find a person's professional email using the agent?
Use the find_prospect_email tool. Provide the person's full name and their company domain (e.g., 'example.com'). Clearout will attempt to locate the verified address.
Is it possible to check my remaining API credits via AI?
Absolutely. Use the check_api_credits query. The agent will retrieve your current account balance, helping you monitor your validation budget.
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.