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mcp-ecosystem
Use when Copilot CLI's built-in tools do not cover a service you need — for example PostgreSQL, Redis, Jira, Slack, or an internal API — and you need to add an MCP server beyond the default GitHub MCP. NOT when the built-in tools already cover the task.
skills/copilot-exclusive/mcp-ecosystem/SKILL.md
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# MCP Server Ecosystem
## Why This is Copilot-Exclusive
Copilot CLI ships with a **built-in GitHub MCP server** providing 20+ tools for Issues, PRs,
Actions, code search, and repository management — zero configuration required (with `gh` on PATH,
only a small default subset is exposed and the model is expected to use `gh` for the rest). Beyond that, it
has a practical MCP management flow through `copilot mcp add`, `copilot mcp list`,
`copilot mcp get`, user config at `~/.copilot/mcp-config.json`, workspace config in `.mcp.json`,
and plugin-provided MCP servers. Claude Code supports MCP but has no built-in GitHub server and a
different configuration workflow.
## When to Use
