Bring Online Donations
to VS Code Copilot
Learn how to connect Donorbox 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 Donorbox MCP Server?
Connect your Donorbox account to any AI agent and take full control of your nonprofit fundraising and donor engagement workflows through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Donation Orchestration — List and manage donations programmatically, including filtering by email or campaign and retrieving detailed transaction metadata
- Donor CRM — Create and update donor profiles programmatically to maintain high-fidelity records of your organization's supporters
- Recurring Plan Lifecycle — Monitor, pause, resume, or cancel recurring donation subscriptions directly through your agent to streamline supporter management
- Campaign Intelligence — Access your complete directory of fundraising campaigns to monitor performance and coordinate outreach in real-time
- Operational Monitoring — Check API connectivity and monitor active webhooks directly through your agent for reliable fundraising operations
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your API Key from Donorbox (Integrations > API & Zapier)
3. Start managing your nonprofit growth from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual status checking or digging through donation tables in the portal. Your AI acts as your dedicated fundraising strategist and donor coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Nonprofit Managers — instantly retrieve donation summaries and check campaign progress using natural language commands
- Fundraisers — update donor information and manage recurring subscriptions without leaving your communication tools
- Operations Leads — monitor webhook activity and verify API health through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (12)
Cancel a recurring donation
Verify Donorbox API connectivity
Requires first name, last name, and email. Add a new donor record
Get authenticated account info
List active webhooks
Can be filtered by email, campaign, or amount. List all donations
Can be filtered by name or email. List all donors
List fundraising campaigns
List recurring donation plans
Pause a recurring donation
Resume a paused recurring donation
Modify a donor record
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Donorbox 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
Donorbox in VS Code Copilot
Donorbox and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Donorbox 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 Donorbox in VS Code Copilot
The Donorbox 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
Donorbox for VS Code Copilot
Every tool call from VS Code Copilot to the Donorbox 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 Donorbox API Key?
Log in to your account, navigate to Integrations & Add-ons > API & Zapier, and enable the API add-on to generate your unique key.
Can I pause a recurring donation via AI?
Yes! Use the pause_recurring_plan tool with the specific plan ID to temporarily suspend a donor's recurring subscription.
How do I filter donations by campaign?
You can provide a campaign ID or name to the list_donations tool to retrieve transactions only for a specific fundraising goal.
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.