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Connect VS Code with GitHub Copilot to the Qualytics MCP server. Before you start, have a Personal API Token and your Qualytics MCP server URL ready. See External AI Client Requirements.

VS Code (GitHub Copilot)

Add the server

  1. Open the Command Palette and run MCP: Add Server.
  2. Choose HTTP (HTTP or Server-Sent Events).
  3. Enter your Qualytics MCP URL: https://your-qualytics-instance.qualytics.io/api/mcp/.
  4. Enter a server ID, such as qualytics.
  5. Choose where to save it. For a personal setup that works in every workspace, choose Global, then Copilot Global.

You can also add the server by hand. In a workspace, run MCP: Open Workspace Folder MCP Configuration to open .vscode/mcp.json, or run MCP: Open User Configuration for your user profile, then add:

{
  "servers": {
    "qualytics": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://your-qualytics-instance.qualytics.io/api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Leave out the oauth and headers properties. VS Code registers its own client with Qualytics, and Qualytics does not accept an API token in a header.

Authorize the connection

The first time VS Code connects to the server, it opens a browser window. On the Qualytics authorization page, paste your Qualytics API token and approve the access.

Use Qualytics in Copilot Chat

To choose which Qualytics tools Copilot can use, run Chat: Open Customizations and select Tools. To check the connection, ask Copilot something that names Qualytics and only reads data, such as listing your datastores, and confirm a Qualytics tool ran.

To start, stop, or restart the server, or to see its output, run MCP: List Servers.

Official Documentation

These steps follow the VS Code guides for MCP servers and the MCP configuration reference. If a menu or command in your version differs, check those pages.

If the connection fails, see MCP Troubleshooting.