How to Create Custom Hold Music with Copilot
Generate hold music in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter. Custom phone system audio.
Tool
Copilot generates hold music within your IDE and can produce the phone system integration code alongside the audio file. This is perfect for developers managing Twilio or Asterisk phone infrastructure who want to handle audio assets as part of their configuration codebase.
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 Music Generator tool:
- In Copilot Chat: "Generate hold music for our Twilio phone system -- professional, loopable, 2 minutes"
- Copilot creates the track
- Ask for the Twilio configuration to use the new hold music
- Deploy both the audio file and the config update
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the Music Generator tool
Generate hold music for a tech company phone system. Modern, minimal, 2-minute seamless loop.
Tips
- Copilot can generate the hold music and the phone system integration code together
- Test the loop point to make sure transitions are smooth
- Generate different tracks for different queues (sales vs support)