---
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/public-holidays/use-cases/schedule-releases-around-holidays/copilot
---
# How to Schedule Releases Around Holidays with Copilot

Copilot checks release dates against holiday calendars and helps you build deployment safety checks into your pipeline. Verify proposed dates, generate holiday-aware release calendar configs, and create validation functions blocking risky deployments -- adding holiday awareness to your CI/CD infrastructure.

## Setup

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

## Steps

1. Add ToolRouter to Copilot MCP config
2. In Copilot Chat: "Is 2026-11-26 a holiday in the US?"
3. Copilot checks and returns the result
4. Ask: "Get all US holidays in November 2026 for release planning"
5. Integrate the holiday check into your CI/CD pipeline configuration

## Example Prompt

```
Check if any of these dates are holidays in the US or Canada: 2026-11-11, 2026-11-26, 2026-11-27. I need to pick one for a release.
```

## Tips

- Add holiday checks to your release automation scripts
- Generate a holiday-aware release calendar as a config file
- Use the API programmatically to validate release dates in CI/CD pipelines
