Sip and Sync: Super-charging GitHub Copilot with Model Context Protocol (MCP), with Krystal Folkes

In this episode, Priyanka Vergadia invites Krystal Folkes back to showcase Model Context Protocol (MCP) - the new way to plug external tools into GitHub Copilot and make your AI agents truly extensible. Watch Krystal walk through enabling MCP in VS Code, wiring up a Playwright MCP server via npm, and running UI-automation commands right from the chat window. You’ll leave with a clear picture of how MCP can unify agents, back-end APIs, and developer workflows under one common “language.”

Chapters
00:00 – Intro
00:28 – Why Model Context Protocol matters for AI agents
01:30 – MCP capabilities at a glance
02:10 – Installing VS Code Insiders and enabling MCP settings
03:05 – Copilot Chat agent mode explained
03:45 – Adding an MCP server: Playwright via npm
05:00 – Live demo – Navigating a site with Playwright commands
06:35 – Running custom Playwright scripts from the chat
07:40 – Imagining multi-agent travel and reservation scenarios
08:52 – Top three benefits of MCP for developers
09:42 – Closing thoughts and next steps

What You’ll Learn

-How MCP gives AI agents and back-end services a shared contract for communication
-Setting up VS Code Insiders and turning on Copilot Chat “agent mode”
-Installing an MCP server (Playwright example) and adding it to Copilot Chat
-Driving browser automation, tests, and more through natural-language prompts
-Real-world ideas for chaining multiple reservation or travel agents together
-Productivity gains from keeping everything inside your IDE

📂 Links & Resources
🚀 VS Code MCP resources – https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/co...
💡 Azure AI Foundry – https://ai.azure.com/
📚 All Sip and Sync episodes – https://aka.ms/SipAndSyncPlaylist

👥 Speakers

Krystal Folkes – Developer Productivity Advocate, Microsoft

LinkedIn:   / krystalfolkes  

Priyanka Vergadia – Sr. Director, Global Developer Engagement

LinkedIn:   / pvergadia  
X (Twitter): https://x.com/pvergadia

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