How to Build Stock Watchlists with Copilot
Build stock watchlists in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter. Ticker search and monitoring for developers.
Tool
Copilot fetches stock data and helps you build watchlist management features in your application. Search for tickers, generate watchlist data structures and storage logic, and create the monitoring and alerting infrastructure -- building your stock screening and tracking tool with live data from your IDE.
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 Stock Market tool:
- In Copilot Chat: "Search for cybersecurity stocks"
- Copilot returns matching tickers and company names
- Ask: "Get quotes for all results and output as a JSON watchlist"
- Use the structured watchlist in your application
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the Stock Market tool
Search for semiconductor companies, get quotes for the results, and output a JSON watchlist with ticker, name, price, and market_cap fields.
Tips
- Generate watchlist data structures for financial application development
- Copilot can build the watchlist UI component code alongside the data
- Use real ticker data to populate development and testing environments