GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot connects to the Stableship MCP server with a token, in Copilot CLI and in VS Code, and reads .github/copilot-instructions.md and AGENTS.md from your repository. Once it is connected, ask it to fix what Stableship found; it reads each fix brief, fixes the code and asks Stableship to verify the fix.

Connect

First make a token: in Stableship open Settings, then Connections, open API tokens and connected apps, and choose Create token with Read findings and rules and Start checks and verify fixes. Copy it: it starts with sst_ and is shown once. Use it where these steps say sst_your_token.

Add this to ~/.copilot/mcp-config.json, which Copilot CLI and VS Code both read:

{  "mcpServers": {    "stableship": {      "type": "http",      "url": "https://api.stableship.ai/mcp",      "headers": {        "Authorization": "Bearer sst_your_token"      },      "tools": [        "*"      ]    }  }}

Keep the token out of your repository.

Check it works

Start a new Copilot chat or session. Then ask GitHub Copilot to list your Stableship projects: it calls list_projects and names your app.

If it does not connect:

• Check the token was pasted whole.
• Run /mcp in Copilot CLI: Stableship should be listed.

Keep the rules in your repository

Ask Copilot to call get_repo_files and commit what it returns: .gate/rules.md, .gate/context.md, a Stableship section in AGENTS.md, and the same section in .github/copilot-instructions.md. Stableship never writes to your repository, so your agent commits these.