Bring Usage Based Billing
to VS Code Copilot
Learn how to connect Orb 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.
GDPR Free for SubscribersCompatible with every major AI agent and IDE
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What is the Orb MCP Server?
Connect your Orb account to any AI agent to streamline your revenue operations and usage-based billing workflows through natural language.
What you can do
- Usage Ingestion — Send batches of usage events with idempotency keys to track consumption in real-time.
- Subscription Lifecycle — Create, update, and cancel subscriptions, tying customers to specific billing plans seamlessly.
- Customer Management — Provision new customers and list existing ones with full metadata and external ID mapping.
- Invoicing & Revenue — List historical invoices or fetch upcoming draft invoices to predict end-of-month billing.
- Credit Ledgers — Manage prepaid credits by creating ledger entries for increments, decrements, or expirations.
How it works
- Subscribe to this server
- Enter your Orb API Key
- Start managing your billing and usage data from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
Who is this for?
- Finance & RevOps — Instantly check upcoming revenue and manage customer credits without manual dashboard exports.
- Engineering Teams — Debug usage ingestion and verify event delivery directly from the terminal or IDE.
- Product Managers — Monitor feature adoption and subscription statuses across the customer base.
Built-in capabilities (10)
Cancel a subscription
Requires name and email. Create a new customer in Orb
Create a ledger entry for credits
Create a subscription for a customer
Fetch credit ledger for a customer
Fetch upcoming invoice for a subscription
Events require customer_id, event_name, timestamp, idempotency_key, and properties. Ingest usage events into Orb
List customers in Orb
List invoices
Update an existing subscription
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Orb 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
Orb in VS Code Copilot
Orb and 4,000+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Orb 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 Orb in VS Code Copilot
The Orb 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
Orb for VS Code Copilot
Every tool call from VS Code Copilot to the Orb 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 report usage events for a specific customer?
Use the ingest_events tool. You'll need to provide an array of event objects containing the customer_id, event_name, timestamp, and an idempotency_key to ensure usage is only counted once.
Can I see how much a customer will be charged before the billing cycle ends?
Yes! The get_upcoming_invoice tool allows you to fetch the draft invoice for any active subscription_id, giving you real-time visibility into accrued costs.
How do I manage prepaid credits or balances?
You can use create_ledger_entry to add or remove credits from a customer's balance. You can also use fetch_ledger to view the current state of a customer's credit ledger.
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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