Connect VS Code

Add the looot MCP server to VS Code (GitHub Copilot agent mode), sign in with the browser or a stored secret, and check it works.

VS Code reaches looot’s catalog, balance and runs over MCP, through GitHub Copilot’s agent mode.

Before you start you need a looot account. The runs you make spend the organization’s balance, so top up before your first paid run. See Before your first run.

Sign in with the browser

The server URL is https://api.looot.ai/mcp. Nothing to copy: you sign in on looot.ai, pick the organization to bill and click Connect.

One-click link

vscode:mcp/install?%7B%22name%22%3A%22looot%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22http%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fapi.looot.ai%2Fmcp%22%7D

Command line

code --add-mcp '{"name":"looot","type":"http","url":"https://api.looot.ai/mcp"}'

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "looot": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.looot.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Headless: a token in the header

Only for CI and machines with no browser. Create an agent token in Settings and send it as Authorization: Bearer <token>. Never commit it.

Headless: .vscode/mcp.json with a prompted secret

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "looot-token",
      "description": "looot agent token",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "looot": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.looot.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:looot-token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Notes

• VS Code opens the browser to sign in the first time the server starts. It also asks you to trust the server first.
• In the Command Palette, run MCP: Add Server, choose HTTP, paste the URL, then pick Workspace or Global. Then set Agent mode in the Chat view and check looot under Configure Tools.
• Labels may differ slightly in your version. The one-click links above follow the common vscode/install form and are not on VS Code’s own pages.

The header fallback above prompts you for the token once, through VS Code’s own secret input, and stores it there. The token is never written into the file.

Check it works

Ask the agent to call balance or catalog_overview. Both are free. A working connection answers with your available balance, or the catalog’s categories and job counts.

Let your AI guide you

Paste this into Claude Code or any AI assistant and it walks you through the setup.

Help me connect the looot MCP server https://api.looot.ai/mcp to VS Code Copilot. Go one step at a time and wait for me to confirm. After each step, ask me for a screenshot, check it, and tell me exactly what to do next. Ask me to hide any token first. Check my mcp.json with me as we go. Steps: 1. Run MCP: Add Server from the Command Palette. 2. Choose HTTP, paste the URL, pick Workspace or Global. 3. Trust the server, sign in. 4. In Agent mode, click Configure Tools, switch looot on. Use browser sign-in. If it fails, tell me to make a token at looot.ai/connect under Advanced and keep it in the config file only, never in this chat. At the end, ask looot for my balance, run ipinfo-lite on 8.8.8.8, and tell me both results.

What you see when you connect

The browser opens looot.ai and shows the consent page: which organization to bill, which scopes to grant and how long to stay connected. See The consent page.