GitHub Copilot Chat

Fit

GitHub Copilot Chat is a good current fit for SecureMCP-Lite when used in editor environments that support local MCP configuration.

GitHub documents MCP setup for Copilot Chat in Visual Studio Code and other editor integrations.

Recommended setup

In VS Code, configure .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "repo-guard": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "securemcp-lite",
        "start",
        "--target",
        "npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem .",
        "--target-cwd",
        "/absolute/path/to/project",
        "--config",
        "/absolute/path/to/project/secure-mcp.yml"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Then:

1. start the MCP server from the editor UI
2. open Copilot Chat
3. choose Agent mode
4. verify your tools appear
5. try one allowed request and one blocked request

Notes

• enterprise users may be affected by MCP policy settings
• local server setup is editor-specific, but the SecureMCP-Lite wrapper command stays the same
• the best first rollout is still a read-only filesystem policy

Documentation source

• GitHub Copilot Chat MCP docs: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/context/model-context-protocol/extending-copilot-chat-with-mcpExternal