60 Tips for Building Better Agents in Copilot Studio
Session Overview: “Want to build agents that actually work?
In this fast-paced session, you’ll get 60 practical tips in 60 minutes for building better agents with Copilot Studio. These are real-world patterns, guardrails, and shortcuts learned from designing and teaching agent solutions across many scenarios.
We’ll cover tips across instruction writing, grounding and knowledge sources, agent flows, error handling, Agent builder vs full agents, adaptive cards, integrations, and governance.
Each tip is short, actionable, and immediately applicable.
You’ll walk away with a grab-bag of proven techniques you can use to make your agents more predictable, more useful, and easier to maintain.”
Learning Objectives:
- Write clearer and more effective agent instructions
- Apply patterns that improve reliability and predictability
- Avoid common Copilot Studio pitfalls
Speakers: April Dunnam
Recorded at: Community Summit NA 2026
Type: Education Session
Ability Level: 201 – Intermediate
Primary Product: Agents & Copilot
Tracks: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Terms: All rights reserved by the speaker, Community Summit NA, and Dynamic Communities and cannot be reproduced or distributed without express written consent by the speaker and Dynamic Communities.
