---
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/earthquake-monitor/use-cases/research-historical-data/copilot
---
# How to Research Historical Earthquakes with Copilot

Copilot delivers earthquake data in developer-friendly formats directly in your IDE -- GeoJSON feature collections for map applications, typed JSON for monitoring dashboards, and structured arrays for alert notification systems. Build seismic monitoring features, proximity-based alert triggers, and real-time data visualization components using actual USGS earthquake data, all from within your coding environment without switching to external data portals.

## Setup

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

## Steps

1. Add ToolRouter to Copilot MCP config
2. In Copilot Chat: "Get recent earthquake data for analysis using earthquake-monitor"
3. Copilot returns structured seismic records
4. Ask: "Generate a Python analysis script for this earthquake dataset"

## Example Prompt

```
Fetch earthquake data and generate a data analysis notebook with magnitude distribution and geographic clustering.
```

## Tips

- Export data for use in Jupyter notebooks or R scripts
- Use the coordinate data for spatial analysis and clustering
- Combine with geological boundary data for tectonic plate analysis
