How to Build Knowledge Bases with Copilot
Build technical knowledge bases from your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter.
Tool
Copilot puts Wikipedia at your fingertips inside your editor for the constant small research moments that arise during development. Verify a date in your documentation, look up a technical concept before choosing an implementation approach, check the background of a technology mentioned in a code review, or extract structured reference data for your application -- all without opening a browser tab or losing your place in the codebase. The zero-context-switch access makes you more likely to verify assumptions rather than guessing.
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 Wikipedia Lookup tool:
- In Copilot Chat: "Search Wikipedia for articles on cloud computing concepts using wikipedia-lookup"
- Copilot finds and summarizes relevant articles
- Ask Copilot to create a structured reference document
- Save the knowledge base to your project docs directory
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the Wikipedia Lookup tool
Build a cloud computing reference guide from Wikipedia articles on IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and serverless. Save as docs/cloud-reference.md.
Tips
- Copilot can create markdown reference files directly in your project
- Use for building internal engineering wikis and onboarding materials
- Ask Copilot to include links back to Wikipedia for further reading