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For background on MCP servers in VS Code, see the official VS Code MCP documentation.

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Prerequisites

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VS Code + GitHub Copilot

Download VS Code and install the GitHub Copilot extension

Control Plane account

Sign up at console.cpln.io if you don’t have an account yet

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Add the MCP server

1

Run MCP: Add Server

Open the Command Palette (Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + P) and run MCP: Add Server.
2

Configure

Follow the prompts:
PromptValue
Server typeHTTP
URLhttps://mcp.cpln.io/mcp
Namecpln
ScopeGlobal
Connecting to the bare URL uses the default core toolset profile — a focused set that already covers the whole build-and-operate workflow (it can read and delete any resource kind generically, and reach anything else through the raw-API tool), which is the right fit for this client. Append ?toolsets=mk8s to add BYOK Kubernetes tools, or ?toolsets=full for everything. See toolset profiles.
3

Allow authentication

VS Code shows a permission prompt to authenticate the new server. Click Allow — your browser opens.
  1. Sign in to Control Plane (Google, GitHub, Microsoft, or SAML).
  2. Select the orgs you want VS Code to access.
  3. Click Authorize.
Your browser shows a success page — close the tab and return to VS Code.
4

Use it

Open GitHub Copilot Chat and ask “list GVCs in org <your-org>” (using one of the orgs you authorized) to confirm.

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Example conversation

1

Set Context

Use org "my-org" and gvc "my-gvc" for context.
2

Deploy a Workload

Create a publicly accessible workload called "my-api" using nginx:latest on port 80.
3

Get the Endpoint

Monitor the readiness of my-api and give me the public endpoint once it's ready.

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Troubleshooting

Open the Command Palette → MCP: List Servers → select cpln → Sign Out. Then open MCP: List Servers again, select cpln, and choose Start Server — VS Code prompts you to authenticate. Sign in again and adjust your org selections on the consent screen.

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Next steps

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