Install guide

Install Whalory Core for GitHub Copilot in VS Code

Steps checked against the tool’s documentation on September 28, 2026.

AvailableFree today with the Core download.

No end-to-end test on this tool is recorded yet.

Before you start

  • VS Code with GitHub Copilot
  • Optional: Python 3.8 or later, for the tools

Steps

  1. Step 1: Download whalory-core-3.2.0-skill.zip. The Core skill folder is inside.

    Download Core 1.2 MB

  2. Step 2: Unzip it into .github/skills/ in your repository, or into ~/.copilot/skills/ for your user.

  3. Step 3: Open Copilot Chat in agent mode and describe the task.

  4. Step 4: To use the tools as well, put this in .vscode/mcp.json and set the path.

    json
    {"servers": {"whalory": {"type": "stdio", "command": "python3",
  "args": ["<path-to-whalory>/scripts/mcp_server.py", "--root", "${workspaceFolder}"]}}}

Not verified yet

  • How Copilot in VS Code chooses the skill for a task: the documentation lists where skills work, not how they are picked.