Set up CE.SDK with VS Code Copilot

Install the CE.SDK skills

Open a terminal in your project folder (in VS Code: Terminal, then New Terminal) and run one command. It installs the CE.SDK Agent Skills: the CE.SDK docs and starter kits for 10 web frameworks. GitHub ships its own installer for Copilot skills, which records the version and provenance in the skill frontmatter. It needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or newer.

gh skill install imgly/agent-skills

The vendor-neutral Skills CLI works too, and installs into .agents/skills/ beside your project. Add -g to install once for every project on your machine.

npx skills add imgly/agent-skills -a github-copilot

Connect the live docs

The MCP server gives Copilot real-time search over the current CE.SDK documentation, so answers stay accurate between releases. Create a file named mcp.json inside the .vscode folder at your project root, paste this in, and reload VS Code.

{
  "servers": {
    "imgly_docs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.img.ly/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Verify it works

In Agent mode, check the tools picker for the imgly_docs tools, then ask a docs question and confirm the answer cites CE.SDK documentation.

How do I add background removal to a CE.SDK editor?

Describe what you want to build

Open Copilot Chat, switch to Agent mode, and paste a product idea. Copilot scaffolds the project, installs CE.SDK, wires up the features, and prints the command to run it (usually npm run dev). Run it and your editor opens in the browser.

Build a photo editor web app with CE.SDK: filters and adjustments, text overlays with our brand fonts, one-click background removal, and PNG export sized for social media.