How to Compress Videos with Copilot
Compress videos in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter. Optimise video assets for your application.
Tool
Copilot connects video compression to your development workflow — compress assets before embedding them in your application, validate output size against constraints, and generate integration code for a compression step in your media pipeline.
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 Compress tool:
- In Copilot Chat: "Compress this video URL: [url]"
- Copilot returns the compressed video URL and file size
- Ask: "Write TypeScript code to call the compress skill for any video URL"
- Integrate compression into your media upload or processing pipeline
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the Compress tool
Compress this video and write a TypeScript function that calls the compress skill and returns the compressed URL and size reduction percentage: https://example.com/video.mp4
Tips
- Add a compression step before storing user-uploaded videos to reduce storage costs
- Ask Copilot to build size validation into the compression function — reject if output exceeds limit
- Generate the integration code and test it against a sample video URL in the same session