How to Research Candidate Profiles with Copilot
Research candidate profiles in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter. Talent screening data.
Tool
Copilot pulls candidate profile data from your IDE for building recruitment intelligence into your hiring tools. Fetch public profiles and Copilot helps write the professional presence scoring, skills inference, and culture fit assessment logic that enrich your applicant tracking system with social intelligence.
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 Social Profiles tool:
- Ask: "Fetch LinkedIn profile for this candidate handle"
- Review the professional data inline
- Ask Copilot to generate a structured candidate assessment
- Integrate the data into your applicant tracking system
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the Social Profiles tool
Pull LinkedIn data for @candidate and output a structured candidate profile for our ATS.
Tips
- Useful for automating candidate enrichment in your hiring pipeline
- Copilot can generate candidate comparison matrices for final-round decisions
- Integrate with your ATS via structured JSON output