How to Plan Construction Schedules with Copilot
Construction daylight planning in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter.
Tool
Copilot provides sunrise and sunset data as structured output you can integrate directly into applications -- photography planning tools, event scheduling systems, solar energy calculators, or smart home automation platforms. Get precise astronomical times for any coordinates and date returned as typed JSON, ready to drop into your codebase. Build features that automatically adjust to seasonal daylight changes without hardcoding sunrise tables.
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 Sunrise Sunset tool:
- In Copilot Chat: "Get sunrise/sunset for site coordinates for the next 7 days"
- Copilot returns daily time data
- Build automated schedule adjustments from the data
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the Sunrise Sunset tool
Get daily sunrise and sunset for 39.7392,-104.9903 for the next 14 days. Output as JSON for scheduling.
Tips
- Automate schedule generation as daylight hours change
- Build safety compliance checks around available light
- Use the data to estimate total productive hours per week