Bring Compliance Automation
to VS Code Copilot
Create your Vinkius account to connect Vanta to VS Code Copilot and start using all 10 AI tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code. No hosting, no server setup — just connect and start using.
Compatible with every major AI agent and IDE
What is the Vanta MCP Server?
Connect your Vanta account to any AI agent and bring continuous security monitoring directly into your conversational workflow.
What you can do
- Personnel Compliance — Rapidly list all active personnel records, fetch specific user security training completion details, or deactivate users directly during employee offboarding.
- Endpoint Fleet — Retrieve data on all computers and physical workstations actively monitored by Vanta, ensuring disk encryption and antivirus SLA compliance.
- Vulnerability Tracking — Monitor unpatched Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) across your cloud infrastructure and verify remediation SLAs in real-time.
- Security Posture — Access public Trust Center configurations, review pending security report requests from customers, and list your internal risk-vetted third-party vendors (subprocessors).
How it works
- Subscribe to this server
- Enter your Vanta Developer API Token
- Start fetching and updating security postures from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
Your AI agent seamlessly becomes an extension of your Security and Compliance operations.
Who is this for?
- Security & Compliance Teams — automate manual compliance evidence-gathering processes through conversational commands instead of hunting through dashboards.
- IT Administrators — seamlessly check if new hardware endpoints are properly communicating with Vanta agents.
- DevSecOps — query your vulnerability backlog in an instant while planning technical sprints inside an IDE.
- Sales & GTM Teams — approve sensitive trust-center whitepaper requests immediately from chatbots.
Built-in capabilities (10)
Shows: overall pass rate percentage, number of passing/failing/warning tests per framework, critical alerts requiring immediate attention, and the audit-readiness score. Use when the user asks "how is our compliance?", "are we ready for the SOC 2 audit?", or needs a quick compliance health check across all frameworks. Get the overall compliance posture dashboard — pass rates per framework, critical alerts, and audit readiness score across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR
Use to drill into a failing test: "why is the MFA test failing?" or "which resources are non-compliant for encryption?" Get detailed information about a specific Vanta compliance test — evidence, linked controls, failing resources, and remediation guidance
Each device shows: device name, OS version, disk encryption status, firewall enabled, antivirus installed, screen lock configured, owner email, and overall compliance status. Use for endpoint compliance audits, device inventory, or identifying non-compliant machines before an audit. List monitored endpoint devices — laptops and desktops with OS version, encryption status, antivirus, and compliance state
Each request includes: description of the evidence needed, assigned owner, due date, completion status, and linked control. Use during audit preparation: "what evidence is still outstanding?", "who needs to submit screenshots?", or "are we ready for the audit?" List outstanding audit evidence requests in Vanta — documents and screenshots needed from team members with deadlines
). Each integration shows: service name, connection status (connected/disconnected/error), last sync date, coverage metrics, and any configuration warnings. Use to check integration health, verify coverage, or troubleshoot sync issues. List all connected integrations in Vanta — cloud providers, identity providers, code repos, and their sync status
Each person includes: name, email, role, security awareness training status (completed/overdue), device compliance (encrypted/antivirus/updated), access review completion, and employment status. Use for "who has overdue training?", "which employees have non-compliant devices?", or pre-audit personnel reporting. List all personnel in Vanta with security training completion, device compliance, access review status, and onboarding/offboarding state
). Each policy shows: name, approval status (approved/draft/needs review), last review date, next review due, version number, and percentage of employees who have acknowledged. Use for policy management audits or compliance gap analysis. List all security and compliance policies in Vanta — approval status, review dates, version tracking, and employee acknowledgment rates
Each risk includes: title, description, risk category, impact level (1-5), likelihood level (1-5), calculated risk score, linked mitigating controls, treatment plan (accept/mitigate/transfer), owner, and status. Use for risk management reporting, board-level summaries, or identifying high-risk areas that need attention. List the risk register — identified security risks with impact, likelihood, risk score, assigned controls, and mitigation status
Each test maps to a specific control requirement (e.g., "MFA enabled for all users", "Encryption at rest"). Returns test name, associated framework (SOC 2/ISO/HIPAA/GDPR), current status (PASS/FAIL/WARNING), last run date, and any remediation notes. Use when the user asks about compliance posture, failing tests, or audit readiness. List all compliance monitoring tests in Vanta — SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR controls with pass/fail status and last run dates
). Each entry includes severity (CRITICAL/HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW), CVE identifier, affected resource/package, discovery date, and SLA deadline for remediation. Use when the user asks about security posture, open vulnerabilities, or needs to prioritize remediation work. List detected security vulnerabilities across your infrastructure — severity, CVE IDs, affected resources, and SLA deadlines
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Vanta 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
Vanta in VS Code Copilot
Why run Vanta with Vinkius?
The Vanta connection runs on our fully managed, secure cloud infrastructure. We handle the hosting, maintenance, and security so you don't have to deal with servers or code. All 10 tools are ready to work instantly without any complex setup.
You stay in complete control of your data. Your AI only accesses the information you approve, keeping your sensitive passwords and private details completely safe. Plus, with automatic optimizations, your AI works faster and more efficiently.

* Every connection is hosted and maintained by Vinkius. We handle the security, updates, and infrastructure so you don't have to write code or manage servers. See our infrastructure
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Audit live requests, latency, success rates, and active security compliance policies.
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Professionals who connect Vanta to VS Code Copilot through Vinkius don't need to write code, manage servers, or worry about security. Everything is pre-configured, secure, and runs automatically in the background.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Ready-to-use MCPs | Find and configure each manually | 4,000+ MCPs ready to use |
| Connection Setup | Manual coding & server setup | 1-click instant connection |
| Server Hosting | You host it yourself (needs 24/7 uptime) | 100% hosted & managed by Vinkius |
| Security & Privacy | Stored in plaintext config files | Bank-grade encrypted vault |
| Activity Visibility | Blind execution (no logs or tracking) | Live dashboard with real-time logs |
| Cost Control | Runaway AI token spend risk | Automatic budget limits |
| Revoking Access | Must delete files or code to stop | 1-click disconnect button |
How Vinkius secures
Vanta for VS Code Copilot
Every request between VS Code Copilot and Vanta is protected by our secure gateway. We automatically keep your sensitive data private, prevent unauthorized access, and let you disconnect instantly at any time.
Frequently asked questions
How can I easily check if an employee completed their security training?
Provide the specific email or ID and ask the agent: get the Vanta compliance details for John Doe. The getUserTool will retrieve all local profile assertions, confirming immediately whether John completed the security training modules and signed the internal policies.
Can I automatically view which vulnerabilities span past our SLA threshold?
Yes. Ask the agent to list our security vulnerabilities and highlight any that are missing their SLA timelines. It will fetch the complete collection from Vanta, compute the statuses, and list out the critical unresolved issues requiring immediate developer engineering attention natively.
What happens when an employee terminates contract? Can I use the agent?
Absolutely. You can implement instantaneous offboarding by prompting the AI: deactivate Vanta compliance monitoring for user ID 123456. The agent utilizes the updateUserTool switching their active flags internally to false. Offboarding checklists just got significantly faster.
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.
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