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Make videos in VS Code (Copilot)

Connect Idea to Motion to VS Code (Copilot) and you can ask for a video the same way you ask for anything else. VS Code (Copilot) writes the script, plans each scene and writes the animation code; we synthesize the voiceover, time it to the words, render the animation and hand back an MP4. It speaks Streamable HTTP directly, so connecting is one config entry carrying an API key in an Authorization header.

  1. 1Mint a connection key below.
  2. 2Add the config entry to your client and reload it.
  3. 3Connect a voice key, then ask for a video in chat.

Connect VS Code (Copilot)

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Chat apps

Editors & IDEs

Terminal

VS Code (Copilot) logo

Set up VS Code (Copilot)

Generate a key, then add the server.

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Generate a connection key

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Add it to VS Code (Copilot)

.vscode/mcp.json (per project) or the user mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ideatomotion-key",
      "description": "Idea to Motion API key",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "ideatomotion": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.ideatomotion.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:ideatomotion-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}
  • MCP tools only run in Agent mode.
  • The root key is `servers` here — not `mcpServers` like other clients.

Connect your voice

Required before a narrated video can render — bring your own TTS key.

Your voice key

Idea to Motion generates the voiceover on your own text-to-speech account. Add an ElevenLabs or Cartesia key — it's stored encrypted and never shown again. Rendering is blocked until a key is connected.

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