Bring Referly
to VS Code Copilot
Learn how to connect Referly 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 Referly MCP Server?
Connect your Referly (referly.so) account to any AI agent and take full control of your referral marketing and affiliate orchestration through natural conversation. Referly provides a powerful platform for managing partners and conversion tracking, and this integration allows you to retrieve affiliate metadata, trigger custom referral workflows, and monitor program performance directly from your chat interface.
What you can do
- Affiliate & Partner Orchestration — List all managed affiliates and retrieve detailed performance metadata, including creating new partner profiles programmatically.
- Referral & Conversion Intelligence — Track real-time conversion events and attribute sign-ups or sales to specific referral codes directly from the AI interface.
- Workflow & Automation Control — Trigger custom referral workflows and monitor their execution statuses via natural language to keep your growth loops synchronized.
- Coupon & Promo Oversight — Validate discount coupons and list active promo codes to ensure your marketing campaigns are always optimized.
- Operational Monitoring — Access analytics summaries and manage tenant metadata using simple AI commands.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Referly Tenant ID and API Key from your dashboard at referly.so
3. Start managing your growth programs from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
No more manual CSV exports or attribute hunting. Your AI acts as a dedicated growth manager or affiliate coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Growth Marketers — quickly retrieve referral stats and monitor partner performance without switching apps.
- Partnership Managers — automate the onboarding of new affiliates and track their impact via natural conversation.
- Operations Teams — streamline the retrieval of conversion metadata and monitor organizational growth health directly within the chat.
Built-in capabilities (12)
Requires name and email. Create a new affiliate
Get details for a specific affiliate
Get authenticated user profile
Get referral performance summary
Check workflow execution status
List all affiliates/partners
List all discount coupons
List automation workflows
List all referral events
Track a new referral conversion
Manually trigger a workflow
Validate a discount coupon
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Referly 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
Referly in VS Code Copilot
Referly and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Referly 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 Referly in VS Code Copilot
The Referly 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
Referly for VS Code Copilot
Every tool call from VS Code Copilot to the Referly MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can my AI automatically find if a specific discount code is valid in Referly?
Yes! Use the validate_coupon tool. Provide the promo code, and your agent will return its eligibility status and technical metadata instantly.
How do I find my Referly Tenant ID and API Key?
Log in to your Referly dashboard at referly.so, navigate to Settings > API Keys, and you will find your unique Tenant ID and secret API key there.
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.