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GitHub Copilot × Hail

Copilot Chat and Copilot Agent both honor MCP servers declared in your VS Code settings. Hail joins as a tool group available to any agent task.

Copilot ChatCopilot AgentVS Code

Three steps. That's the bar.

~120 SECONDS · COFFEE OPTIONAL

Grab an API key

Sign in to the Hail console and create a project key. Keep it scoped to the project — you can rotate or kill it any time without touching the rest of your stack.

console.hail.so → Keys → New

Drop Hail into your config

Add the Hail MCP server using the snippet below. Paste it where this client expects MCP servers — the path varies, the shape doesn't.

VS Code → Settings → search "mcp" → Copilot: MCP Servers

JSON · settings.json

"github.copilot.advanced.mcpServers": {
  "hail": {
    "url": "https://mcp.hail.so/v1",
    "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer hl_live_••••" }
  }
}

Try it once. It works or it doesn't.

Reload the client. The Hail tools should surface in the agent's toolset. Send the prompt below — if a call is placed, an SMS lands, or an email shows up in the inbox view, you're done.

Copilot Chat: "/agent use hail to email the on-call about the incident."

■ NOTES & GOTCHAS

Requires Copilot Pro+ and the v1.96+ VS Code build.
Tool calls log to the Copilot output channel.

GitHub Copilot × Hail

Three steps. That's the bar.

Grab an API key

Drop Hail into your config

Try it once. It works or it doesn't.

Hail your first call — from this client.