For background on MCP servers in VS Code, see the official VS Code MCP documentation.
Prerequisites
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
Add the MCP server
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Run MCP: Add Server
Open the Command Palette (
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + P) and run MCP: Add Server.2
Configure
Follow the prompts:
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.
- Sign in to Control Plane (Google, GitHub, Microsoft, or SAML).
- Select the orgs you want VS Code to access.
- Click Authorize.
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Use it
Open GitHub Copilot Chat and ask “list GVCs in org
<your-org>” (using one of the orgs you authorized) to confirm.Example conversation
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Set Context
2
Deploy a Workload
3
Get the Endpoint
Troubleshooting
Next steps
Usage Examples
Practical prompts for common Control Plane workflows
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