How to Create Report Visualizations with Copilot
Generate data visualizations in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter. Charts for technical reports.
Tool
Copilot generates charts directly alongside your code and documentation, turning data visualization into part of your development workflow rather than a separate step. Feed in data from your application, test results, monitoring systems, or API responses and produce publication-ready visualizations without switching tools. This is especially valuable for engineering teams that need performance charts in post-mortems, benchmark comparisons in technical blog posts, or sprint metrics embedded in retrospective documents.
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 Generate Chart tool:
- In Copilot Chat: "Create a line chart from this JSON data for our sprint report"
- Copilot generates the chart and returns the image
- Ask: "Generate charts for all the metrics in this dataset"
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the Generate Chart tool
Create a line chart showing sprint velocity over the last 8 sprints: [34, 38, 36, 41, 39, 44, 42, 47]. Label the x-axis as sprint number.
Tips
- Pass data as JSON or arrays directly from your codebase for quick visualization
- Great for generating charts for technical documentation and sprint retrospectives