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Learn how to connect Infracost to VS Code Copilot and start using 13 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
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What is the Infracost MCP Server?
Connect Infracost to your AI agent to bring financial visibility and governance to your Infrastructure as Code (IaC) workflows. Prevent cloud cost surprises before they happen.
What you can do
- Cost Guardrails — List, create, and manage guardrails that trigger alerts or block Pull Requests when cost increases exceed your defined thresholds.
- Tagging Governance — Enforce organizational standards by updating tagging policies, ensuring all cloud resources are correctly attributed to departments or projects.
- Custom Pricing — Manage enterprise-specific price books for AWS and Azure to ensure cost estimates reflect your actual negotiated discounts.
- Business Context — Upload custom properties from external systems like ServiceNow or Backstage to map cloud costs to your internal organizational hierarchy.
- Pricing Queries — Programmatically query cloud pricing data to compare costs across different resource types and regions.
How it works
- Subscribe to this server
- Enter your Infracost API Token
- Start managing your cloud governance from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
Who is this for?
- DevOps Engineers — automate the enforcement of cost policies and tagging standards directly within the CI/CD flow.
- FinOps Teams — gain real-time visibility into infrastructure spend and manage custom enterprise discounts without manual spreadsheets.
- Engineering Managers — set budget thresholds and receive automated summaries of cost impacts for proposed infrastructure changes.
Built-in capabilities (13)
Create a new guardrail
Create a custom price book for an enterprise
Delete a guardrail
Get a specific guardrail by ID
Poll this to wait for SUCCESS status. Get the status and details of a price book
Use the returned URL to PUT the CSV file. Get a presigned URL to upload a price book CSV
Call this after uploading the CSV to the presigned URL. Trigger ingestion of an uploaded price book CSV
List all guardrails for an organization
Provide a valid GraphQL query string. Query the Cloud Pricing API using GraphQL
Update an existing guardrail
Pass the customPriceBookId to activate it. Update organization settings, such as activating a custom price book
Update allowed tag values for a tagging policy
g., from ServiceNow or Backstage) for cost attribution. Provide raw CSV data. Upload custom business properties via CSV
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Infracost data directly into your VS Code workflow. With a project-scoped config, the entire team shares access to 13 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
Infracost in VS Code Copilot
Infracost and 4,000+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Infracost 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 | 4,000+ 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 Infracost in VS Code Copilot
The Infracost 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 13 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
Infracost for VS Code Copilot
Every tool call from VS Code Copilot to the Infracost MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
How can I see all active cost guardrails for my organization?
You can use the list_guardrails tool by providing your organization slug. The agent will return a list of all configured thresholds, including cost increase limits and whether they block PRs.
Can I enforce mandatory tags for my cloud resources using this server?
Yes! Use the update_tagging_policy tool to define mandatory tag keys and allowed values. This helps maintain standards across all your repositories.
Is it possible to block expensive Pull Requests automatically?
Absolutely. When using create_guardrail or update_guardrail, you can set the blockPr parameter to true. This ensures that any infrastructure change exceeding your budget cannot be merged without review.
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.
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