Microsoft Copilot sources schema

This section documents the sources data returned by the Microsoft Copilot endpoint: the citations behind the answer, part of the Copilot response so no separate API call is needed. They follow the common sources structure (position, url, label, and description) with no Copilot-specific fields. For use cases, pricing context, and copy-paste examples, see the Copilot sources API page on the product site.

Approximately 10% of prompts genuinely don’t trigger Copilot to return citations, even after internal retries. An empty result.sources means Copilot chose not to cite, not that extraction failed — handle sources: [] as a valid response.

Example request

{
  "prompt": "best laptops for programming",
  "country": "US"
}

Response example

{
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "text": "Here are several laptops for programming...",
    "sources": [
      {
        "position": 1,
        "url": "https://example.com/best-laptops-2026",
        "label": "Best laptops for programmers in 2026",
        "description": "A guide to the top laptops for software development this year."
      },
      {
        "position": 2,
        "url": "https://example.com/dev-laptops-review",
        "label": "Developer laptop reviews"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Microsoft Copilot sources schema

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