Create Your First Plugin Action in Microsoft Copilot Studio
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Summary: Plug-in Actions for Microsoft Co-pilot Studio
- Introduction
- Topic: Enhancing capabilities of Microsoft Co-pilot Studio with plug-in actions.
- Microsoft Co-pilot Studio is the new name for Power Virtual Agents with added generative AI capabilities.
- Understanding Plug-in Actions
- Plug-in actions use generative actions, a shift from traditional NLP to generative AI for topic handling.
- They allow dynamic responses to user queries or can be explicitly called within a topic.
- Terminology Changes
- ”Bot” in Power Virtual Agents is now “Co-pilot” in Microsoft Co-pilot Studio.
- Topics are still present, but generative AI adds significant functionality.
- What are Plug-in Actions?
- Power Platform connectors can be enabled as plug-in actions, including pre-built and custom connectors.
- Power automate Cloud flows and Bot framework skills can also be plug-in actions.
- Creating a Co-pilot with Plug-in Actions
- Demonstration: Creating a new co-pilot on Microsoft’s website.
- Co-pilots can be associated with websites to pull information dynamically using generative AI.
- Example: Associating a co-pilot with a Lego website to answer queries about Lego sets.
- Using Plug-in Actions
- Custom topics can still be created, but co-pilots can function without them by using websites and documents.
- To use plug-in actions, enable generative answers and Dynamic chaining with generative action settings.
- Adding and Configuring Plug-in Actions
- Navigate to the plug-in actions section to add new ones.
- Example: Adding a weather forecast action using the MSN weather connector.
- Inputs and outputs for the plug-in action can be configured, including dynamic inputs and hardcoded values.
- Testing Plug-in Actions
- After adding a plug-in action, wait a few minutes for propagation.
- Example test: Asking for the current weather and providing a location to receive the forecast.
- Conclusion
- Overview of plug-in actions in Co-pilot Studio provided.
- Offers to cover more on custom connectors or Power Automate flows if there’s interest.
- Encourages subscribing to the channel for support.
Subscribe to the channel and see more on plug-in actions if interested.