Copilot MCP Server

This (horrible horrible) project provides MCP servers that wrap the copilot CLI so third-party MCP clients can invoke Copilot through tools.

Exposed tools

• copilot_prompt: Runs copilot -p "<prompt>" in non-interactive mode.

  • Supports session continuity:

    • session_id -> --session-id <id>

    • resume_session -> --resume=<id-or-name>

    • continue_session=true -> --continue

  • Exactly one session mode can be selected per call.

• copilot_command: Runs general copilot ... commands (interactive/server flags are blocked).

Tool return structured output with:

• ok

• command

• exit_code (when executed)

• stdout

• stderr

Related MCP server: GitHub Copilot MCP Server

Requirements

• copilot CLI installed and authenticated

• Python 3.10+ (for Python server)

Optionally set COPILOT_BIN if copilot is not in PATH.

Python setup

git clone ...
uv init .
uv --directory . run copilot_mcp_server.py 

Run:

copilot-mcp-server

Example MCP client config

Python server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "copilot-as-mcp": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "~/Copilot-as-MCP",
        "run",
        "copilot_mcp_server.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Session examples

• Continue with a known session ID:

  • copilot_prompt(prompt="Refine the previous answer", session_id="...")

• Resume by session/task identifier:

  • copilot_prompt(prompt="Continue this task", resume_session="...")

• Continue most recent session:

  • copilot_prompt(prompt="Continue", continue_session=true)