VS Code / Copilot

GitHub Copilot in VS Code supports MCP servers for tool use. Shipables configures skills and MCP servers for Copilot's agent mode.

Detection

The CLI detects VS Code / Copilot by checking for:

• .vscode/ directory in the current project

File locations

Project-level (default)

Global

Global MCP config is not supported for VS Code / Copilot. Global skill files are still installed to ~/.agents/skills/<name>/.

Install example

shipables install Chippers255/ai-commits --copilot

MCP configuration

After installing, your .vscode/mcp.json will include:

{
  "servers": {
    "postgres": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-postgres"],
      "env": {
        "POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING": "postgresql://..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Important: VS Code / Copilot uses "servers" as the key, not "mcpServers" like other agents. The Shipables CLI handles this automatically.

Verifying installation

ls .agents/skills/<name>/
cat .vscode/mcp.json
shipables doctor