Using the New Copilot Studio Skills
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One thing Microsoft is not good at is naming things, and sadly it's happened again. But let's go back to the beginning: what are Skills? Skills are targeted prompts/context that are modular, so they are not always included in the LLM session. They are Markdown files with selected metadata in YAML, all in a file normally named skill.md (the parent folder and YAML metadata identify it). They were created by Anthropic (Claude) and were designed for both the user to add in a prompt ( /Skill ), or…
1Key Takeaways
- One thing Microsoft is not good at is naming things, and sadly it's happened again.
- But let's go back to the beginning: what are Skills?
- Skills are targeted prompts/context that are modular, so they are not always included in the LLM session.
- They are Markdown files with selected metadata in YAML, all in a file normally named skill.md (the parent folder and YAML metadata identify it).
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Prompt and agent patterns spread fast; staying current saves time and token cost. DEV — Prompt Engineering reports that one thing Microsoft is not good at is naming things, and sadly it's happened again.
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