How to Research Employment Data with Copilot
Employment data in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter. Labor market data for applications.
Tool
Copilot fetches employment data and helps you build workforce analytics tools. Retrieve unemployment rates and labor force metrics for any country group, generate ranked datasets for visualization, and create charting and analysis code for human resources planning dashboards directly in 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 World Economy tool:
- In Copilot Chat: "Get unemployment data for OECD countries"
- Copilot returns the employment figures
- Ask: "Format as a ranked JSON dataset"
- Use in your workforce analytics application
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the World Economy tool
Fetch unemployment rates for OECD countries and output as JSON with country, unemployment_rate, and labor_force_participation fields.
Tips
- Build workforce analytics dashboards with real employment data
- Copilot can generate charting code for labor market visualizations
- Use employment data for international HR planning tools