Connect VS Code and GitHub Copilot to Pear MCP

1. Prepare Pear

Create a Pear account, connect Apple iCloud or Microsoft 365, and keep your Pear endpoint handy. Use OAuth if VS Code starts a browser auth flow; otherwise use a Pear API key as a bearer token.

2. Add Pear as an MCP server

VS Code's Copilot MCP docs support adding MCP servers through the UI or workspace/user configuration. For a checked-in workspace config, use a server entry like this and place the token in an environment variable rather than committing it.

{
  "servers": {
    "pear": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://pearmcp.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:PEAR_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Verify from Copilot Chat

• Ask Copilot to list available Pear tools and confirm the server is enabled.
• Start with a read-only request such as checking today's calendar.
• Move to action prompts after you confirm the right provider account is connected.
• Keep the Pear API key in your local environment or secret store.