VS Code extension that exposes MinIO / S3 tools to GitHub Copilot and other AI assistants via the Language Model Tool API.
Installation
From Marketplace
Search for "MinIO MCP Server" in the VS Code Extensions view.
Configuration
Set these environment variables before launching VS Code, or configure them in your shell profile:
Variable
Required
Default
Description
MINIO_MCP_ENDPOINT
Yes
—
MinIO host (e.g. localhost:9000)
MINIO_MCP_ACCESS_KEY
Yes
—
Access key
MINIO_MCP_SECRET_KEY
Yes
—
Secret key
MINIO_MCP_USE_SSL
No
true
Set false for local/non-TLS endpoints
MINIO_MCP_REGION
No
us-east-1
Default region
MINIO_MCP_ALLOWED_BUCKETS
No
—
Comma-separated bucket allow-list
Usage
Once installed, the tools are automatically available to AI assistants in VS Code (e.g. GitHub Copilot Chat in Agent mode). Ask the assistant to interact with your MinIO storage:
"List all my MinIO buckets"
"Upload this file to the data-lake bucket"
"Generate a download link for report.pdf"
"Show storage stats for the logs bucket"
"Set the assets bucket to read-only"
Tools (14)
Tool
Description
minio_list_buckets
List all buckets with creation dates
minio_create_bucket
Create a new bucket
minio_delete_bucket
Delete a bucket (optional force mode)
minio_get_bucket_info
Bucket details — policy, lifecycle, creation date
minio_list_objects
List objects with prefix filtering
minio_get_object
Download or read object content
minio_put_object
Upload from file or string content
minio_delete_objects
Delete objects by key
minio_presigned_get
Generate temporary download URL
minio_presigned_put
Generate temporary upload URL
minio_get_policy
Get bucket access policy
minio_set_policy
Set policy (none/readonly/writeonly/readwrite/custom)
