{"id":1386,"date":"2025-02-11T10:06:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powerplatform\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2025-02-11T10:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:18:19","slug":"bells-whistles-building-with-microsoft-copilot-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powerplatform\/bells-whistles-building-with-microsoft-copilot-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bells and whistles: Building with Microsoft Copilot Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t know how to start with building an agent in Microsoft Copilot Studio? We\u2019ve got you covered! In our AI in Action: Building with Copilot Studio<\/a> series on the Microsoft Power Platform YouTube channel<\/a>, we have several episodes that guide you through how to get started in building an agent.<\/p>\n

In this series we showcase the different capabilities of building agents with Copilot Studio, which includes building, testing, deploying, analyzing, security and data loss prevention policy.<\/p>\n

\"Building<\/a><\/p>\n

This blog post will cover all the bells and whistles that you will need to know when building with Microsoft Copilot Studio.<\/p>\n

If you want to first understand the building basics of Microsoft Copilot Studio, be sure to check out this blog<\/a> which covers those essentials and then return here when you’re ready to learn further.<\/p>\n

What’s next?!<\/h2>\n

Now you know how to build an agent and add knowledge and connectors to it! What’s next?! It’s time to improve your agent, by optimizing your agent and learning how to make it look nicer for your end users.<\/p>\n

Cloud Flows are a great way to extend the capabilities of your agent. By adding cloud flows to your topics, your users gain the ability to interact with common apps and services using natural language. You can use flows that already exist in your Power Platform environment or create a new flow from the Copilot Studio authoring canvas like Gomolemo demonstrates in the video below.<\/p>\n

Watch Episode 7 – Extend topics using cloud flows<\/a><\/h4>\n

In this episode, Gomolemo walks you through the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. How to launch Power Automate from Copilot Studio<\/li>\n
  2. How to create and add a cloud flow to a topic<\/li>\n
  3. How to add input parameters and dynamic content to a cloud flow<\/li>\n
  4. How to add Dataverse and Microsoft Teams actions to a cloud flow<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/a>\"Extend<\/a><\/p>\n

    Learn more:<\/p>\n