Can the assistant run commands in my workspace?

No. Running commands, terminals and ports, Coder Tasks, and creating, deleting or updating workspaces are left out on purpose, as is everything about users, templates, organisations and the deployment.

Does starting or stopping a workspace wait for approval?

Not by default: it can be undone by starting or stopping again. Stopping ends what runs in the workspace, and unsaved work outside its home volume is lost. It acts on any workspace your Coder user may manage, so an admin can set it to ask first.

Does GitHub Copilot see the password or key for Coder?

No. You sign in to Coder through Flowplane, which keeps that sign-in sealed. GitHub Copilot only gets a Flowplane sign-in for you, which you can revoke in the console.

Can GitHub Copilot change things in Coder without asking?

Yes, by default: none of its changes in Coder waits for approval. Your workspace’s rules can make any of them ask first, per tool.

Connect GitHub Copilot to Coder

GitHub Copilot reaches Coder through one Flowplane address. You add Coder once in Flowplane, add that address to GitHub Copilot, and sign in. Check your Coder workspaces, templates and builds, read a build’s log, and start or stop a workspace from a chat.

Connect Coder →Set up your assistant

Tools: 4 read · 1 change
Sign-in: Your own account
Approval, by default: Set per tool
MCP server: Flowplane’s tools

1
Add Coder in Flowplane
In the Flowplane console, add Coder, type the address you open Coder at and paste your session token. A Coder behind a firewall connects through a tunnel.
Each person pastes their own Coder session token, so the assistant sees and starts exactly the workspaces that person may. You make the token with `coder tokens create`, or in Coder under your account, Tokens. Flowplane keeps it sealed; the assistant never sees it.
Connect Coder →
2
Add Flowplane to GitHub Copilot
Your address is shown in the Flowplane console; it looks like
https://mcp.flowplane.eu/<your-label>
1. In VS Code, open the command palette and run MCP: Add Server. Choose HTTP (HTTP or Server-Sent Events) and paste https://mcp.flowplane.eu/<your-label> (or add the block below to .vscode/mcp.json).
2. Choose Authenticate, then sign in to Flowplane and allow VS Code.
3. In Copilot Chat, switch to Agent mode.
```
{
  "servers": {
    "flowplane": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.flowplane.eu/<your-label>" }
  }
}
```
Steps checked against the vendor’s documentation (Microsoft)
3
Ask GitHub Copilot
- “Which of my workspaces are running right now?”
- “Start my backend and frontend workspaces.”
- “Why did the last build of my dev workspace fail? Show the end of its log.”
- “Which templates can I make a workspace from?”
- “Stop every workspace I have not used today.”

What it can do

What GitHub Copilot can do in Coder

For teams that run their development environments on their own Coder deployment. Through Flowplane an AI assistant can list your workspaces and whether they run, the templates they are made from, a workspace’s builds and the end of a build’s log, and start or stop a workspace. It works with several workspaces in one request, for example starting all of them in the morning.

Reads4

List my workspacesYour workspaces and whether they runlist_workspaces
List templatesThe templates workspaces are made fromlist_templates
List a workspace's buildsWhat was built, started and stopped, newest firstlist_workspace_builds
Read a build's logThe end of a build's logget_build_logs

Changes1

Start or stop a workspaceStart or stop a workspacestart_or_stop_workspace

FAQ

Questions

Can the assistant run commands in my workspace?: No. Running commands, terminals and ports, Coder Tasks, and creating, deleting or updating workspaces are left out on purpose, as is everything about users, templates, organisations and the deployment.
Does starting or stopping a workspace wait for approval?: Not by default: it can be undone by starting or stopping again. Stopping ends what runs in the workspace, and unsaved work outside its home volume is lost. It acts on any workspace your Coder user may manage, so an admin can set it to ask first.
Does GitHub Copilot see the password or key for Coder?: No. You sign in to Coder through Flowplane, which keeps that sign-in sealed. GitHub Copilot only gets a Flowplane sign-in for you, which you can revoke in the console.
Can GitHub Copilot change things in Coder without asking?: Yes, by default: none of its changes in Coder waits for approval. Your workspace’s rules can make any of them ask first, per tool.

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