typespec-create-agent

Generate a complete TypeSpec declarative agent with instructions, capabilities, and conversation starters for Microsoft 365 Copilot

Safety Notice

This listing is imported from skills.sh public index metadata. Review upstream SKILL.md and repository scripts before running.

Copy this and send it to your AI assistant to learn

Install skill "typespec-create-agent" with this command: npx skills add github/awesome-copilot/github-awesome-copilot-typespec-create-agent

Create TypeSpec Declarative Agent

Create a complete TypeSpec declarative agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot with the following structure:

Requirements

Generate a main.tsp file with:

  1. Agent Declaration

    • Use @agent decorator with a descriptive name and description
    • Name should be 100 characters or less
    • Description should be 1,000 characters or less
  2. Instructions

    • Use @instructions decorator with clear behavioral guidelines
    • Define the agent's role, expertise, and personality
    • Specify what the agent should and shouldn't do
    • Keep under 8,000 characters
  3. Conversation Starters

    • Include 2-4 @conversationStarter decorators
    • Each with a title and example query
    • Make them diverse and showcase different capabilities
  4. Capabilities (based on user needs)

    • WebSearch - for web content with optional site scoping
    • OneDriveAndSharePoint - for document access with URL filtering
    • TeamsMessages - for Teams channel/chat access
    • Email - for email access with folder filtering
    • People - for organization people search
    • CodeInterpreter - for Python code execution
    • GraphicArt - for image generation
    • GraphConnectors - for Copilot connector content
    • Dataverse - for Dataverse data access
    • Meetings - for meeting content access

Template Structure

import "@typespec/http";
import "@typespec/openapi3";
import "@microsoft/typespec-m365-copilot";

using TypeSpec.Http;
using TypeSpec.M365.Copilot.Agents;

@agent({
  name: "[Agent Name]",
  description: "[Agent Description]"
})
@instructions("""
  [Detailed instructions about agent behavior, role, and guidelines]
""")
@conversationStarter(#{
  title: "[Starter Title 1]",
  text: "[Example query 1]"
})
@conversationStarter(#{
  title: "[Starter Title 2]",
  text: "[Example query 2]"
})
namespace [AgentName] {
  // Add capabilities as operations here
  op capabilityName is AgentCapabilities.[CapabilityType]<[Parameters]>;
}

Best Practices

  • Use descriptive, role-based agent names (e.g., "Customer Support Assistant", "Research Helper")
  • Write instructions in second person ("You are...")
  • Be specific about the agent's expertise and limitations
  • Include diverse conversation starters that showcase different features
  • Only include capabilities the agent actually needs
  • Scope capabilities (URLs, folders, etc.) when possible for better performance
  • Use triple-quoted strings for multi-line instructions

Examples

Ask the user:

  1. What is the agent's purpose and role?
  2. What capabilities does it need?
  3. What knowledge sources should it access?
  4. What are typical user interactions?

Then generate the complete TypeSpec agent definition.

Source Transparency

This detail page is rendered from real SKILL.md content. Trust labels are metadata-based hints, not a safety guarantee.

Related Skills

Related by shared tags or category signals.

Coding

git-commit

Execute git commit with conventional commit message analysis, intelligent staging, and message generation. Use when user asks to commit changes, create a git commit, or mentions "/commit". Supports: (1) Auto-detecting type and scope from changes, (2) Generating conventional commit messages from diff, (3) Interactive commit with optional type/scope/description overrides, (4) Intelligent file staging for logical grouping

Repository Source
25.3K14.1K
github
Coding

gh-cli

GitHub CLI (gh) comprehensive reference for repositories, issues, pull requests, Actions, projects, releases, gists, codespaces, organizations, extensions, and all GitHub operations from the command line.

Repository Source
25.3K11.1K
github
Coding

prd

No summary provided by upstream source.

Repository SourceNeeds Review
-10K
github