Bring Data Enrichment
to VS Code Copilot
Learn how to connect PeopleDB 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 PeopleDB MCP Server?
Empower your sales and data teams by integrating People Data Labs directly into your AI workflows. Your AI agent can tap into a database of over 3 billion records to automatically enrich incomplete lead profiles, verify email deliverability on the fly, and standardize messy CRM records before outreach campaigns.
What you can do
- Enrich person and company profiles
- Search people and companies with SQL-like filters
- Verify email deliverability
- Identify people from partial data
- Clean and standardize names, locations, and company names
How it works
1. Subscribe to PeopleDB (PeopleDataLabs) 2. Generate your API key in the dashboard 3. Start enriching your contacts securely via VinkiusWho is it for?
Ideal for sales teams, marketers, and developers looking to clean and enrich B2B contact lists instantly.Built-in capabilities (12)
Autocomplete field values
Bulk enrich people
Clean a company name
Clean a location
Clean a name
Enrich a company
Enrich a person
Check credit balance
Identify a person
Search companies
Search people
Verify an email
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings PeopleDB 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
PeopleDB in VS Code Copilot
PeopleDB and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect PeopleDB 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 PeopleDB in VS Code Copilot
The PeopleDB 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
PeopleDB for VS Code Copilot
Every tool call from VS Code Copilot to the PeopleDB MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
How does person enrichment work?
Provide an email, LinkedIn URL, name+company, or phone number and receive full professional profile including title, company, skills, education, and social links.
Can I clean messy data?
Yes, use cleaner tools to standardize names into first/middle/last, locations into city/region/country, and company names into canonical forms.
Is email verification supported?
Yes, you can directly verify if an email address is valid, deliverable, and safe to use in your outbound campaigns.
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.