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title Copilot Studio Skill Workshop
description Build, push, and publish a Copilot Studio agent from VS Code using GitHub Copilot CLI and the skills-for-copilot-studio plugin.
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Copilot Studio Skill Workshop logo

Overview

Take a beginner from an empty VS Code workspace on Windows to a working Microsoft Copilot Studio agent. You author the agent locally as YAML using the microsoft/skills-for-copilot-studio plugin running inside GitHub Copilot CLI, push it to the Copilot Studio cloud, publish it from the portal, and test it. The workshop ends with one advanced lab that adds a public knowledge source to the same agent.

Total time: about 110 minutes Screenshots: about 30

Lab information architecture

Lab Title Time Level
00 Prerequisites 15 min Beginner
01 Install Windows tooling 15 min Beginner
02 Install the Copilot Studio VS Code extension 5 min Beginner
03 Create your first blank agent in the portal 10 min Beginner
04 Set up local workspace and launch Copilot CLI 10 min Beginner
05 Install the skills-for-copilot-studio plugin 5 min Beginner
06 Clone the agent into your workspace 10 min Beginner
07 Author the Hello World topic 10 min Beginner
08 Push and publish 10 min Beginner
09 Test in the portal 5 min Beginner
10 (Advanced) Add a knowledge source 15 min Intermediate (optional)
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Ref References n/a n/a

Architecture

Workshop architecture: the maker uses VS Code with Copilot CLI, the skills plugin shells out through the Copilot Studio VS Code extension LSP binary to the Copilot Studio cloud, and the maker tests the published agent in the portal Test pane.

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    A[Maker in VS Code] -->|"@copilot-studio:* commands"| B[GitHub Copilot CLI]
    B -->|loads plugin scripts| C[skills-for-copilot-studio plugin]
    C -->|spawns subprocess| D[Copilot Studio VS Code extension LSP binary]
    D -->|authenticated HTTPS| E[(Copilot Studio cloud)]
    E -->|YAML files on disk| F[Local workspace folder]
    F -->|VS Code editor| A
    E -->|test pane| G[Tested agent]
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What you will build

  • A blank Copilot Studio agent named HelloWorldAgent cloned into a local VS Code workspace.
  • A topics/HelloWorld.topic.mcs.yml file that triggers on "hello" and replies with a greeting.
  • The same agent re-published with a public Microsoft Learn knowledge source attached.

Tooling at a glance

  • GitHub Copilot CLI (copilot) running in the VS Code integrated terminal.
  • The microsoft/skills-for-copilot-studio plugin, providing four @copilot-studio:* sub-agents.
  • The Copilot Studio VS Code extension, which ships the LanguageServerHost binary used for cloud sync.

Get started

Start at Lab 00 — Prerequisites.