---
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/space-data/use-cases/research-planet-data/copilot
---
# How to Research Planet Data with Copilot

Copilot gives developers direct access to structured NASA data from within their IDE, returning APOD imagery metadata, ISS coordinates, and near-Earth object catalogs as typed JSON ready for application integration. Generate React components for space dashboards, build map visualizations of ISS ground tracks, or create TypeScript interfaces from NASA response schemas -- all without leaving your coding environment. This is the fastest path from space data to working features.

## Setup

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

## Steps

1. Add ToolRouter to Copilot MCP config
2. In Copilot Chat: "Fetch near-Earth objects for this week using space-data"
3. Copilot returns structured NEO data
4. Ask: "Generate a visualization component for asteroid approach distances"
5. Build space data features into your application

## Example Prompt

```
Get near-Earth object data for the next 7 days and format as a TypeScript dataset for a visualization.
```

## Tips

- Build asteroid tracking dashboards with real NASA data
- Generate educational visualizations of object trajectories
- Combine with APOD data for comprehensive space information apps
