How to Connect Reddit MCP to VS Code (GitHub Copilot)

VS Code supports MCP servers through GitHub Copilot’s agent mode. You can add FetchLayer’s Reddit MCP server to give Copilot access to Reddit search, post scraping, and community data.

Prerequisites

VS Code with GitHub Copilot extension installed
GitHub Copilot agent mode enabled
A FetchLayer API key — get one free (no credit card)

Step 1: Create the MCP config

VS Code reads MCP configurations from .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace root.

Create the file .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "fetchlayer": {
      "url": "https://mcp.fetchlayer.dev",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer sk-your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace sk-your-api-key with your actual key from the FetchLayer dashboard.

Step 2: Reload VS Code

Reload the window (Ctrl+Shift+P → “Reload Window”) to pick up the new MCP config.

Step 3: Use it in Copilot Chat

Open Copilot Chat in agent mode and try:

Search Reddit for “VS Code extensions for Python” and show me the most upvoted recommendations.

Copilot will use the FetchLayer tools to search Reddit and return structured results.

More examples:

“What are people saying about GitHub Copilot on r/programming?”
“Get the latest posts from r/webdev about CSS”
“Scrape comments from this Reddit thread and summarize the key points”

All available tools

All 13 FetchLayer Reddit endpoints are available: search, post scraping, community browsing, user profiles, trending content, and more. See the full endpoint list.

Prerequisites

Step 1: Create the MCP config

Step 2: Reload VS Code

Step 3: Use it in Copilot Chat

All available tools

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