Skill Up: The Future of Agent Development
Session Overview: As agent experiences evolve beyond prompts and topics, Skills.md is emerging as the foundation for building reusable, scalable capabilities. In this session, we’ll explore how Skills fit into the new Copilot Studio orchestration model, review architecture patterns and best practices from the CAT Skills repository, and share lessons learned from real-world implementations. We’ll also walk through practical examples, design considerations, and development patterns that can help accelerate the creation of more capable, maintainable, and reusable agent experiences.
Learning Objectives:
- Understanding how Skills fit into the new Agentic Loop orchestration in the New Copilot Studio Experience.
- Best practices for developing skills.
- How to build modern agents with Skills and iteratively refine them for optimal performance.
Speakers: Andrew Hess, Karima Kanji-Tajdin
Recorded at: Community Summit NA 2026
Type: Education Session
Ability Level: 201 – Intermediate
Primary Product: Agents & Copilot
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