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How to Discover Hidden Services with Copilot

Find hidden services in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter.

Copilot integrates HTTP service probing directly into your development environment, letting you audit security headers and discover exposed services without leaving your IDE. After probing your hosts, ask Copilot to generate the exact middleware, nginx config, or CDN rules needed to fix header issues. This code-first approach to security means fixes go directly into your codebase and get reviewed in pull requests alongside feature work.

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 Security HTTPx tool:

In Copilot Chat: "Probe for hidden services on my infrastructure" and provide the domain
Copilot scans and returns discovered services
Ask: "Help me set up firewall rules to restrict access to these services"
Apply access restrictions

Example Prompt

Try this with Copilot using the Security HTTPx tool

Scan all subdomains of mycompany.dev for HTTP services that should not be publicly accessible.

Tips

Copilot can help write infrastructure-as-code to properly restrict service access
Check for services on common development ports like 3000, 8080, and 8443
Automate discovery scanning as part of your infrastructure management workflow

More Copilot Guides

How to Probe Security Headers with Copilot How to Check SSL/TLS Config with Copilot How to Enumerate Subdomains with Copilot How to Detect Web Technologies with Copilot How to Audit Response Headers with Copilot

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