Agent design
Define the agent’s purpose, audience and supported tasks. Give users a clear understanding of how the experience can help them.
The business perspective
An effective agent needs a focused purpose, trustworthy knowledge and clear boundaries. Begin with a specific service or employee need and build from there.
An effective agent has a clear job. It knows which information to use, which actions it can take and when a person should become involved. Copilot Studio supports building and managing agents connected to organisational knowledge and systems. We help turn a broad AI idea into a defined experience that can be tested with real users. The work includes the knowledge behind the answer and the operational process that follows it.
Explore the possibilities
A closer look at the capabilities and decisions that shape a useful solution.
Define the agent’s purpose, audience and supported tasks. Give users a clear understanding of how the experience can help them.
Connect appropriate knowledge sources and review their quality. Establish ownership so the information remains relevant as the business changes.
Connect supported workflows and systems to agent tasks. Define the inputs, permissions and approval points required before an action takes place.
Publish to appropriate user channels. Design the interaction for the context in which people will ask questions or request work.
Test representative questions, ambiguous requests and failure situations. Assess answer usefulness and task completion against agreed criteria.
Review usage, feedback and operational performance. Maintain knowledge, access and release responsibilities as the agent develops.
From capability to everyday value
Explore possible starting points for your organisation. Each scenario connects a business need with work to consider and measures to review.
Employee assistance · Illustrative scenario
Employees ask repeated questions about internal processes. Select maintained knowledge and define the questions the agent should handle. Where a request needs action, connect it to a clear workflow or a responsible team rather than ending with a generic answer.
Customer support · Illustrative scenario
Customers need help with common questions but also encounter exceptions. Design an agent around a bounded service scope, then define when and how the conversation passes to a person. Include the information the representative needs to continue without repetition.
Operational work · Illustrative scenario
A user wants to check a record or initiate a business task. Define the tool, required data and approval boundary. Test incomplete requests and unavailable systems as carefully as the successful path so the agent’s behaviour remains understandable.
The Defacto approach
We assess use cases, prepare knowledge sources and design agent behavior. Evaluation and staged adoption help teams understand performance and improve responsibly.
Explore our approachIdentify users, knowledge and a measurable task. Agree what the agent can answer, what it can do and what remains with a person.
Connect the necessary sources and tools. Test with a representative question set and refine the experience based on observed failures and user feedback.
Assign responsibility for knowledge, evaluation and releases. Monitor the live experience and maintain a clear support route for users and operators.
A useful first conversation
A few examples of your current work will make the discussion more specific.
Experience you can explore
Customer experienceLeading Utilities Provider
A major utilities provider modernised customer service with AI-driven query resolution and 24/7 accessibility through Microsoft Copilot Studio.
Explore the customer storyMake an informed decision
The right scope starts with a clear understanding of your business, the platform and the work ahead.
They are related parts of Microsoft’s AI ecosystem with different roles. Copilot Studio is used to build and manage agents and workflows. We review your intended experience and existing licences to determine which products and entitlements are relevant.
Yes, through supported knowledge and integration approaches. The design must account for access, source quality and the context needed to answer usefully. Connecting a source does not remove the need to evaluate how the agent uses it.
Agree an evaluation set covering normal requests, ambiguity, missing information and exceptions. Review answer quality, task completion and handovers with the business owner. A controlled first release should have clear ownership and a process for acting on feedback.
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