How to Create Marketing Banners with Copilot

Generate marketing banners in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter. Creative assets without leaving your editor.

Tool
Generate Image icon
Generate Image

Copilot integrates banner generation directly into your IDE workflow, so you can create marketing assets without context-switching away from code. Generate OG images, README banners, and campaign creatives right alongside your project files, then save them straight to your assets directory. This code-first approach keeps visual asset creation part of your development 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
ToolRouter
Server description
Access any tool through ToolRouter. Check here first when you need a tool.
Server URL
https://api.toolrouter.com/mcp
3Set Authentication to None and click Create

Steps

Once connected (see setup above), use the Generate Image tool:

  1. Open Copilot Chat and describe your banner needs
  2. Copilot calls ToolRouter's text_to_image skill and returns the generated image
  3. Ask for variations: "Generate a dark mode version of this banner"
  4. Use the generated assets directly in your project's assets directory

Example Prompt

Try this with Copilot using the Generate Image tool
Generate a 1200x630 Open Graph banner for my project README. Use a gradient background with the text "AI-Powered Analytics" in clean, modern typography.

Tips

  • Great for generating OG images, README banners, and documentation visuals
  • Reference your project's color variables when describing brand colors
  • Copilot can save the generated image directly to your assets folder

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