Bring Online Courses
to VS Code Copilot
Learn how to connect MSAAQ 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 MSAAQ MCP Server?
Empower your AI agent with access to the MSAAQ Learning Management System (LMS) to automate your educational workflows and student management.
What you can do
- Course Management (Admin) — List all courses and retrieve detailed engagement and enrollment statistics.
- Student Oversight — Manage user accounts, create new student profiles, and manually enroll students into courses.
- Learning Experience — Access available learning courses, module metadata, and monitor student progress.
- Certification Tracking — List earned certificates and verify the authenticity of issued course completions via UUID.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your MSAAQ Access Token from your dashboard
3. Start managing your LMS platform from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
Who is this for?
- Education Administrators — Quickly enroll students and check course stats via natural language.
- Content Creators — Monitor student engagement and manage course metadata efficiently.
- Learners & Students — Check personal enrollments and access earned certificates without leaving your workspace.
Built-in capabilities (12)
Verify MSAAQ API status
Requires name and email. Invite or create a new user
Enroll a user into a course
Get analytics for a course
Get details for a course
Get current user profile
List my enrolled courses
List all courses (Admin)
List courses for students
List all students and users
List my earned certificates
Verify a certificate authenticity
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings MSAAQ 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
MSAAQ in VS Code Copilot
MSAAQ and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect MSAAQ 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 MSAAQ in VS Code Copilot
The MSAAQ 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
MSAAQ for VS Code Copilot
Every tool call from VS Code Copilot to the MSAAQ 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 get an Access Token for MSAAQ?
Log in to your MSAAQ dashboard and navigate to the API or Developer portal section to generate your unique OAuth2 access token.
Can the agent enroll students into courses?
Yes, using the enroll_student_in_course tool, the agent can manually register students into specific courses.
Is it possible to verify certificates?
Absolutely. The verify_issued_certificate tool allows the agent to check the validity of any certificate issued by the platform using its UUID.
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.