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My running attempt at creating an MCP config for GitHub Copilot Coding agent (note this is for ones to be adding to settings on a GitHub repo, see `https://github.com/<username>/<repository>/settings/copilot/coding_agent`). See github docs: https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/using-github-copilot/coding-agent/extending-cop…
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copilot-coding-agent-config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"Perplexity": {
"type": "local",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"server-perplexity-ask"
],
"env": {
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "COPILOT_MCP_PERPLEXITY_API_KEY"
},
"tools": ["*"]
},
"context7": {
"type": "local",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@upstash/context7-mcp"
],
"tools": [
"resolve-library-id",
"get-library-docs"
]
},
"serena": {
"type": "local",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"--from","git+https://github.com/oraios/serena",
"serena","start-mcp-server",
"--context","ide-assistant",
"--project","$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
],
"tools": [
"find_symbol","find_referencing_symbols","get_symbols_overview",
"find_file","read_file","list_dir","search_for_pattern",
"rename_symbol","replace_symbol_body","insert_before_symbol","insert_after_symbol",
"replace_regex","create_text_file"
]
}
}
}
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sgbaird commented Oct 24, 2025

Considering adding firecrawl, getting popular on github mcp registry:

    "firecrawl-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "firecrawl-mcp"
      ],
      "tools": ["*"],
      "env": {
        "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "COPILOT_MCP_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"
      }
    }

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