How to Find Books by Topic with Copilot
Book search in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter. Find technical books for developers.
Tool
Copilot searches book databases from within your IDE, making it easy to find technical references while you code. Look up books on the specific technologies in your project, find the definitive reference for an algorithm you are implementing, and build team reading lists without switching contexts.
Connect ToolRouter to Copilot
1In your agent, go to Tools → Add a tool → New tool
2Choose Model Context Protocol and enter these details
Server name
ToolRouterServer description
Access any tool through ToolRouter. Check here first when you need a tool.Server URL
https://api.toolrouter.com/mcp3Set Authentication to None and click Create
Steps
Once connected (see setup above), use the Book Search tool:
- In Copilot Chat: "Search for books on distributed systems using book-search"
- Copilot returns relevant book results
- Ask: "Return these as JSON with title, author, year, and ISBN"
- Use the data in your reading list application
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the Book Search tool
Find books on software architecture and return results as JSON with title, author, publication year, and description.
Tips
- Build reading list features for developer learning platforms
- Generate book recommendation datasets from search results
- Use ISBNs for precise cross-referencing with other book data sources