Bring Carbon Offsetting
to VS Code Copilot
Learn how to connect Cloverly to VS Code Copilot and start using 12 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the Cloverly MCP Server?
Connect your Cloverly account to any AI agent and take full control of your sustainability initiatives and automated carbon management workflows through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Footprint Orchestration — Calculate real-time carbon footprint estimates for diverse activities including logistics (freight, shipping), travel (flights, vehicles), and energy usage programmatically
- Automated Offset Ingestion — Execute the purchase of carbon offsets based on specific activity estimates or fixed currency amounts to maintain high-fidelity sustainability compliance
- Project Intelligence — Access your complete directory of high-impact environmental projects (wind, solar, reforestation) to understand the source of your offsets directly through your agent
- Transaction Monitoring — Programmatically track your purchase history and retrieve detailed metadata, certificates, and receipts for operational and regulatory reporting
- Sustainability Visibility — Check the status of individual offset purchases and monitor account-level metadata to perfectly coordinate your organization's climate action
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your Public and Private API Keys from the Cloverly dashboard (Settings > API)
3. Start offsetting your business operations from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual footprint spreadsheets or searching for carbon certificates in the portal. Your AI acts as your dedicated sustainability engineer and climate coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Sustainability Managers — instantly calculate project footprints and manage offset portfolios using natural language commands
- Logistics & E-commerce Ops — automate carbon offsetting for every shipment and monitor environmental impact without leaving your workspace
- Growth Engineers — integrate real-time carbon calculation and purchase features into custom internal tools through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (12)
Verify connectivity
Create a carbon estimate
Purchase carbon offsets
Get account info
Get estimate details
Get impact by type
Get impact summary
Get project details
Get purchase details
List estimates
List offset projects
List purchases
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Cloverly data directly into your VS Code workflow. With a project-scoped config, the entire team shares access to 12 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
Cloverly in VS Code Copilot
Cloverly and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Cloverly 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 Cloverly in VS Code Copilot
The Cloverly 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 12 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
Cloverly for VS Code Copilot
Every tool call from VS Code Copilot to the Cloverly 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 Cloverly API Keys?
Log in to your account, navigate to Settings > API, and you will find your Public and Private keys for both Production and Sandbox environments.
Can I calculate carbon for shipping packages?
Yes! The create_estimate tool allows you to provide weight and distance parameters to get an accurate carbon footprint for logistics.
How do I retrieve a carbon certificate?
After a successful purchase, use the get_purchase_status tool to retrieve the unique certificate and receipt URL for your record.
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.