---
title: ToolRouter — Agent Use Case Guide
description: Step-by-step guide for completing a task with a specific AI agent using ToolRouter.
url: https://toolrouter.com/tools/academic-research/use-cases/find-open-access-papers/copilot
---
# How to Find Open Access Papers with Copilot

Copilot finds freely available papers relevant to your implementation work. CS and ML papers are frequently on arXiv with full open access, and Copilot identifies these so you can reference and cite them in your open source documentation and code comments without paywall barriers.

## Setup

{"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}

## Steps

1. Add ToolRouter to Copilot MCP config
2. In Copilot Chat: "Find open access papers on program synthesis"
3. Copilot returns papers with access status
4. Filter for freely available papers
5. Read the full text of open papers

## Example Prompt

```
Find freely available papers on zero-shot learning with code examples or implementations.
```

## Tips

- CS papers are often on arXiv with full open access
- Many ML papers include code repositories in the paper metadata
- Open access papers are easier to reference in open source documentation
