Open Ecology

Install Microsoft 365 Copilot

Add Open Ecology to Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot reaches MCP servers through agents built in Copilot Studio. You create a small agent, add Open Ecology to it as a tool, and publish it to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams.

You need: access to Copilot Studio in your organisation (a Copilot Studio licence or trial and an environment you can build in). People who use the agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot need a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence, or your organisation needs Copilot Studio usage billing set up.

Admin checks: your Power Platform data policy must allow the connector Copilot Studio creates for an MCP server, and your Teams admin must allow Power Platform apps. To show the agent to everyone, an admin approves it in the Teams admin center.

Open Ecology MCP server URL
https://openecology.com.au/mcp

01Install

  1. Open copilotstudio.microsoft.com and create a new agent. Name it Open Ecology.
  2. Open the agent's Tools page and select Add a tool, then New tool, then Model Context Protocol.
    Tools, Add a tool, New tool, with Model Context Protocol highlighted
  3. Fill in the MCP onboarding wizard:
    • Server name: Open Ecology
    • Server description: Australian property facts with sources: lot on plan, area, council, coordinates and State report links.
    • Server URL: paste the server URL above
    • Authentication: None
    Select Create.
    The MCP onboarding wizard with the name, description, URL and None
  4. In the Add tool dialog, select Create a new connection, then Add to agent.
    The Tools page with Open Ecology added
  5. Select Publish. Then go to Channels, open the Teams and Microsoft Copilot tile, keep Make agent available in Microsoft Copilot selected and select Add channel.
    The Teams and Microsoft Copilot channel panel, ready to add
  6. Select See agent in Teams, then Add. In Microsoft 365 Copilot, type @ and choose Open Ecology to ask it a question.
    Microsoft 365 Copilot with Open Ecology chosen from the @ list

Sharing with colleagues: in the channel panel, Availability options gives you a link to share, or Show to everyone in my org sends the agent to your admin for approval.

02Confirm it's installed

In Copilot Studio, open the agent's Tools page and select Open Ecology: its tools are listed there. You can also ask the test question in the Copilot Studio test pane before you publish.

Then start a new chat and ask:

What lot is 12 Sunbury Drive, Peachester, and how big is it?

A correct answer names lot 55 on SP168934, a recorded area of about 2.17 ha and Sunshine Coast Regional Council, and cites the Queensland Government cadastre as the source.

03Try these

Each of these runs on the free tools. If your assistant answers from the web instead, start the prompt with "Use Open Ecology to".

  • Official reports for a lot
    Which free Queensland Government reports should I request for lot 55SP168934, and where do I order them?
  • GPS point to MGA2020
    Convert -26.84, 152.84 to MGA2020 zone, easting and northing.
  • Sunrise and sunset for a field day
    What time are sunrise and sunset at Peachester, Queensland next Saturday, and what is the moon phase? I'm planning a spotlighting survey.
  • Plain definitions
    In plain terms, what are MSES and HVR in Queensland?

Instructions checked 5 October 2026 against Microsoft Learn, Connect your agent to an existing MCP server (ms.date 2026-05-28); Microsoft Learn, Connect and configure an agent for Teams and Microsoft Copilot (ms.date 2026-08-17). Menus change often, so if a step does not match what you see, email hello@openecology.com.au and we will update this page.