Declarative Agents for M365 Copilot

Declarative Agents are the manifest-based agent format that runs inside Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. You author a JSON manifest (name, description, instructions, conversation_starters, capabilities, actions) and Microsoft 365 Copilot does the orchestration. No code path for the LLM — the “declarative” in the name is the point. Pages below are sourced from learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365-copilot/extensibility.

• DA.1 Declarative Agents for M365 Copilot, plainly sourced

  Five-minute orientation to declarative agents — the manifest-driven agent format that runs inside Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. The v1.7 manifest, the 12 capabilities you can actually use, the three distribution paths, and the licensing trap that catches most teams (Email + People + TeamsMessages + Meetings need a full M365 Copilot license, not pay-as-you-go).