How to Access Geopolitical Event Data with Copilot
Access geopolitical event data in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter.
Tool
Copilot makes structured geopolitical event data available in your development environment for building risk monitoring dashboards, geopolitical intelligence tools, and supply chain risk assessment features. The structured event data includes the classification fields needed to filter and aggregate by conflict type, region, and actor.
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 Geopolitics tool:
- In Copilot Chat: "Search geopolitical events for the Middle East region using geopolitics"
- Copilot returns structured event data with location, date, and actor fields
- Ask: "Generate a TypeScript interface for the geopolitical events response"
- Request: "Write a function that aggregates event counts by country per month"
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the Geopolitics tool
Search geopolitical events for a specific region using geopolitics and return as JSON with event date, location, actor, event type, and intensity score.
Tips
- Use event type and intensity fields to build a conflict heat map for your dashboard
- Aggregate events by country-month to build trend indicators for risk scoring models
- Combine with economic data to correlate political instability with market movements