Set up Kabuken in GitHub Copilot and VS Code

What you need

• A Kabuken account. Sign in or sign up.
• VS Code with GitHub Copilot chat. VS Code stores MCP servers in mcp.json.
• Sign-in method: OAuth is the default choice. The API key setup below uses an input prompt, which the GitHub Copilot coding agent (runs without a VS Code window) cannot use, so use OAuth there.

Sign in with OAuth

1. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P, or Cmd+Shift+P on macOS) and run MCP: Add Server.
2. Choose HTTP (HTTP or Server-Sent Events).
3. Enter the address https://kabuken.intellics.ai/mcp and a name such as kabuken.
4. Choose where to save it: your user profile, or the workspace (.vscode/mcp.json).
5. VS Code starts the server and reports that sign-in is needed. Follow the prompt: a browser opens, sign in to Kabuken, then select Authorize. If no prompt appears, run MCP: List Servers, select kabuken, then Start Server.

The result in mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "kabuken": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://kabuken.intellics.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Use an API key

Create a kbk_ key on the Account page: in the API Access section, select Generate Key. This configuration makes VS Code ask for the key once and store it, so the key is not written into the file:

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kabuken-api-key",
      "description": "Kabuken API key",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "kabuken": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://kabuken.intellics.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:kabuken-api-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

First prompt

Open Copilot chat in agent mode, check that the Kabuken tools are enabled in the tools list, and ask:

What is Sony’s latest annual securities report?

Troubleshooting

See Troubleshooting and Authentication.

Checked: 2026-10-29 against https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/reference/mcp-configuration