Article Pitch: Building MCP Servers to Expose Custom APIs to GitHub Copilot in VS Code

Hi,

I hope you’re doing well. My name is Kola Badmus, and I’m a technical writer with 6 years of experience in software engineering and AI automation. I’d love to contribute an article on:

“Building MCP Servers to Expose Custom APIs to GitHub Copilot in VS Code.”

Abstract Before the arrival of Model Context Protocol (MCP), AI tools like GitHub Copilot could not easily access custom APIs or developer tools. Each integration had to be built separately, which was time-consuming. However, MCP changes this by providing a standard way for AI tools to interact with any API or service.

In this article, I’ll walk readers through;

Creating a minimal MCP server in Python.

Test a live REST endpoint and see how Copilot interprets responses.

A practical understanding of tools, resources, and prompts

Real examples they can adapt to their own APIs

The ability to expose any custom logic to GitHub Copilot

Thank you for considering my submission. I’d be happy to provide more details or a draft outline.

Best regards, Kola Badmus. Linkedin