Bring Global Hiring
to VS Code Copilot
Learn how to connect Remote to VS Code Copilot and start using 11 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the Remote MCP Server?
Connect your Remote account to any AI agent to streamline your global hiring, payroll, and compliance workflows. Remote provides a powerful RESTful platform for programmatically managing international teams, tracking employee data, and monitoring invoices across 150+ countries.
What you can do
- Company Orchestration — List and retrieve detailed metadata for all your registered company entities and their operational status.
- Global Talent Management — Access and monitor your global workforce, track employee profile data, and create new employee records programmatically.
- International Compliance Monitoring — List all countries supported by Remote to understand your global hiring capacity and requirements.
- Invoice & Financial Tracking — Access and monitor company invoices to ensure transparent and timely global payroll operations.
- HR Intelligence — Get a real-time overview of your international workforce and hiring trends using natural language commands.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Remote API Key from your developer settings at remote.com
3. Start managing your global HR from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
Who is this for?
- Global HR & Finance Teams — monitor international payroll and employee data using natural language.
- Operations Managers — automate the onboarding of new global hires and track invoice statuses more efficiently.
- Developers — integrate real-time HR and compliance data into custom business dashboards.
Built-in capabilities (11)
Pass data as a JSON string. Add a new employee
Get specific company details
Get details for a specific employee
Get details for a specific invoice
List all registered companies
List all contractors
List employees for a company
List all employee expenses
List invoices for a company
List all countries supported by Remote
List all time-off requests
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Remote data directly into your VS Code workflow. With a project-scoped config, the entire team shares access to 11 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
Remote in VS Code Copilot
Remote and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Remote 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 Remote in VS Code Copilot
The Remote 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 11 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
Remote for VS Code Copilot
Every tool call from VS Code Copilot to the Remote 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 my Remote API Key?
Log in to your Remote account, navigate to the Developer or API Keys section in your dashboard, and generate a new key for your integration.
Which countries are supported?
Remote supports hiring and payroll in over 150 countries. You can use the list_supported_countries tool to see the full list in real-time.
Can I add employees programmatically?
Yes, the create_employee tool allows you to initialize new records for international hires directly from your AI agent, including job titles and locales.
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.