VSCode with GitHub Copilot

Prerequisites

• A ScaleReach API key (get one here)
• GitHub Copilot Chat with agent mode enabled

Setup

Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace:

{
  "servers": {
    "scalereach": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.scalereach.ai/mcp/sr_live_YOUR_KEY_HERE"
    }
  }
}

Or from the command palette: MCP: Add Server → HTTP → paste the URL.

Open Copilot Chat, switch to Agent mode, and click the tools icon to confirm ScaleReach is listed and enabled.

Try it

• "Clip this YouTube video: [url], focus on the business advice"
• "List my videos and their processing status"

See all available commands and caption styles.

What you can do from VS Code

Once VS Code is connected, you work in plain language and it calls ScaleReach for you. Clipping requests cover submitting a YouTube link, checking processing status, listing the clips that were generated, getting a download link for a clip, reprocessing a video with different settings, and deleting a video together with its clips. Scheduling requests cover listing your connected social accounts, scheduling a post for later, posting immediately, editing a pending post's caption, rescheduling it, and cancelling it.

VS Code will ask for the same choices as any other client: genre, aspect ratio (9:16, 16:9 or 1:1), clip length, caption style and any custom focus. A 30-minute video usually takes 3 to 5 minutes to process, so ask VS Code to check the status rather than expecting clips at once. Download links returned for clips are signed and last one hour, so ask for a new link if one has expired. See all available commands and caption styles for the full list.

Keep your API key private

The key is part of the URL you pasted into VS Code, so anyone who sees the URL can use your workspace and spend your processing minutes. Do not paste the URL into public chats, screenshots, issues or commits. A key is limited to the workspace it was created in. If a key leaks, open Workspace Settings → API Keys in the dashboard, delete it, and create a new one; then update the URL in VS Code. See Authentication for how keys work.

Troubleshooting

• VS Code: Open Copilot Chat in Agent mode and click the tools icon to see whether ScaleReach is listed and ticked. Agent mode is required; plain chat mode does not call MCP tools. .vscode/mcp.json is inside the workspace folder, so keep it out of version control if it contains your key.
• The server connects but every call fails with 401: the key is wrong, expired or was deleted. A valid key starts with sr_live_ followed by 48 hex characters, and the URL must be exactly https://mcp.scalereach.ai/mcp/ followed by the key with no spaces or line breaks.
• A call fails with 402: the workspace has run out of processing minutes. Add minutes or change plan in the dashboard.
• Clips are not ready yet: the video is still processing. Ask VS Code for the status again in a minute or two.
• Scheduling fails: connect at least one social account first, from Social → Connect Account in the dashboard.