The copilot as an agent
The copilot integrated into the app is, on the inside, the same MCP server: it reuses exactly its 42 tools. Everything an external agent connected over MCP can do, the copilot can do —and vice versa—.
For usage (choose provider, set the API key, send messages, authorize destructive actions) it’s documented in Copilot.
What’s worth knowing if you come from the AI side
Section titled “What’s worth knowing if you come from the AI side”- Same curation. Hiding or exposing an operation in the MCP (
mcp: { hidden }) changes at once what an external agent sees and what the copilot can do. - Same list of destructives. What the copilot asks to confirm is what’s marked
destructivein the MCP. - Your own provider. The copilot talks to Anthropic or Google AI Studio
(Gemini) with your account; you pay for the consumption. It’s the
chatcapability.