Bring Lms
to VS Code Copilot
Learn how to connect Thinkific 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.
What is the Thinkific MCP Server?
Connect your Thinkific LMS account to any AI agent and simplify how you manage your student directory, course catalog, and enrollment workflows through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Student Management — List all registered users, create new student profiles, and retrieve detailed metadata for individual accounts.
- Course Oversight — List all courses, bundles, and products, and fetch detailed configurations for specific learning materials.
- Enrollment Automation — Programmatically enroll students in specific courses or bundles with optional expiry dates via AI.
- Order Tracking — Monitor your site's commercial performance by listing orders and transaction history.
- Content Organization — Query course categories and products to understand your learning ecosystem's structure.
- Operational Maintenance — Verify student data and course availability directly from your workspace.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Thinkific API Key and Subdomain (found in your account settings)
3. Start managing your online academy from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
Who is this for?
- Course Creators & Educators — quickly retrieve student lists and check course metadata via simple AI commands.
- Customer Support Teams — enroll students manually and verify order history directly from the workspace.
- Academy Administrators — monitor enrollment growth and manage user profiles via the AI assistant.
Built-in capabilities (10)
Requires email, first name, and last name. Create a new user
Enroll a user in a product
Get details for a specific course
Get details for a specific user
List course categories
List all courses
List user enrollments
List site orders
List all products (Courses and Bundles)
List Thinkific users
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Thinkific 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
Thinkific in VS Code Copilot
Thinkific and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Thinkific 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 Thinkific in VS Code Copilot
The Thinkific 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
Thinkific for VS Code Copilot
Every tool call from VS Code Copilot to the Thinkific MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can I manually enroll a student in a course using the AI?
Yes! Use the enroll_user tool. Provide the User ID and the Course ID to instantly create a new enrollment for that student in your Thinkific academy.
How do I see the full list of registered students?
Run the list_users query. You can optionally use the page and limit parameters to navigate through your entire student directory.
Is it possible to check recent revenue or orders via AI?
Absolutely. Use the list_orders query. Your agent will retrieve the history of all transactions and orders processed through your Thinkific site.
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.