Bring Video Intelligence
to VS Code Copilot
Learn how to connect Tubular 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 Tubular MCP Server?
Connect your Tubular Labs video intelligence account to any AI agent and simplify how you analyze digital video trends, creator performance, and cross-platform audience metrics through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Video Insights — Retrieve detailed performance metrics and trending data for individual videos or categories across social platforms.
- Creator Intelligence — Search for creators and fetch high-level performance summaries, trends, and audience ratings.
- Audience Demographics — Analyze audience breakdowns (age, gender, location) for specific videos or creators to refine your targeting.
- Sponsorship Tracking — List brand sponsors and monitor sponsored video campaigns to understand the competitive landscape.
- Audience Overlap — Analyze shared audience between two creators or content properties to identify partnership opportunities.
- Operational Monitoring — Check API health and rate limits to ensure your intelligence engine is always running.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Tubular API Key (found in your developer settings)
3. Start analyzing the video ecosystem from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
Who is this for?
- Media Agencies & Brands — quickly identify high-performing creators and analyze sponsored content trends via simple AI commands.
- Content Strategists — monitor video trends and cross-platform audience demographics directly from the workspace.
- Data Analysts — retrieve granular video metrics and creator audience ratings via the AI assistant.
Built-in capabilities (12)
Check API health status
Get current API rate limits
Analyze shared audience between entities
Get reach and engagement ratings
Get summary for a specific creator
Get trends for a specific creator
) for a specific video. Get audience demographics for a video
Get insights for a specific video
List trending videos
List sponsored video campaigns
List sponsors and brand partners
g., name or keywords). Search for creators
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Tubular 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
Tubular in VS Code Copilot
Tubular and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Tubular 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 Tubular in VS Code Copilot
The Tubular 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
Tubular for VS Code Copilot
Every tool call from VS Code Copilot to the Tubular MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can I see the audience demographics for a specific YouTube video?
Yes! Use the get_video_demographics tool and provide the Video ID. Your agent will retrieve the age and gender breakdowns for that specific piece of content.
How do I analyze the shared audience between two different creators?
Use the get_audience_overlap tool and provide the IDs for both entities. The agent will return the percentage and metrics of the audience that both creators share.
Is it possible to see which brands are sponsoring a specific creator?
Absolutely. Run the list_sponsored_campaigns query or search for sponsors using the list_sponsors tool to retrieve data on brand partnerships within the video ecosystem.
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.