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About this workshop
Workshop mission: Turn motivated, open-minded, non-technical sales professionals into AI superheroes who can match the practical output and problem-solving pace of technical peers who are not using AI, while staying evidence-grounded, governed, and honest about what the tools proved.
Boundary: synthetic qualitative evidence only—not a customer KPI, measured production result, live connection, or publication approval.
Found something inaccurate? Use Report an issue at that point. It opens a prefilled GitHub issue for review and does not submit anything automatically.
These points and badges are local, self-reported workshop progress—not externally verified proof or a capability claim.
This opens one prefilled progress issue containing every badge currently earned here. Nothing syncs until you submit it. Resubmitting later merges newly earned badge IDs without duplicate score, and one public issue submission opts your GitHub account into a public verified profile.
1
Workshop setup
Open GitHub Copilot Chat
Start in GitHub Copilot Chat. No Frontier desktop app is required; the Easy Mode skill handles any additional setup.
Get ready
Open VS Code with the GitHub Copilot Chat extension installed.
Sign in to GitHub with an account that has Copilot access.
Open the Copilot Chat panel and select Agent mode.
Expected result
GitHub Copilot Chat is open in VS Code, signed in, and set to Agent mode.
What you will learn
Use the single Easy Mode skill.
Build and prove the portable agent.
Deploy the reviewed solution as an unpublished Draft.
Confirm the behavior yourself in Copilot Studio Preview.
Recognize the evidence that means the module is complete.
Before you begin
Use VS Code with GitHub Copilot Chat in Agent mode.
Sign in to GitHub with Copilot access.
Have access to a Copilot Studio environment.
The skill handles setup for you.
Do not publish. This module ends with a validated Draft.
Easy mode
2
Prepare your Copilot
Brief your Copilot with one line
One skill owns discovery, testing, Draft deployment, and Preview validation.
Do this
Open GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code and select Agent mode.
Paste this one line and send it. Copilot reads the skill itself; nothing to download.
Send this message
Go and read https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/aibast-agents-library/main/skills/aibast-easy-mode/SKILL.md and run the First-Time Fix workshop for me.
Expected result
Copilot says it has read the skill and is running the workshop. The skill owns the remaining setup and validation.
3
Prove the solution locally
Ask Easy Mode to build and test First-Time Fix
This step proves the portable business logic before any Copilot Studio work begins. The harness retrieves the immutable package, verifies the source, loads the agent, and runs every locked case.
Send this message
Give me First-Time Fix using Easy Mode and test it for me.
Expected result
Copilot reports a verified source and 4/4 locked local cases passed.
Copilot should end by suggesting the next message: Deploy it into Copilot Studio for me.
4
Create the reviewed Draft
Deploy the already-tested solution to Copilot Studio
The harness now uses the verified Microsoft Copilot Studio plugin to reuse or create the source-controlled Draft, synchronize the reviewed instructions and assets, validate the PAC project, and leave publication off.
Send this message
Deploy it into Copilot Studio for me.
Expected result
Draft: First-Time Fix Manual
Model: Claude Opus 5.5
Knowledge files: 2
Skills: 4
Status: Draft; published: false
The harness then validates the real Preview front door before returning its final verdict.
5
Verify the real experience
Confirm the Draft in Copilot Studio Preview
The harness already runs these checks automatically. Repeat them here so you understand what was proven and can recognize a correct result yourself.
Open the validated Draft.
Select Preview.
Choose New chat before each case.
Paste the exact prompt.
Compare the answer with the required and forbidden markers.
Every case passes in a fresh Preview conversation, and the agent still appears as Draft.
FTF-01 · Contact Center Agent
Confirm the expected evidence
The customer on Alder Grove Service keeps dropping. What guided fix should I walk them through right now?
Must include
Guided Connection Fixoptical network terminalsolid green
Must not claim
I do not have accessI cannot help
Visible positive anchors: Guided Connection Fix; optical network terminal; solid green. The screenshot supports the learner checkpoint; the full case pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Source: 1424×863 JPEG. Download original.
FTF-02 · Contact Center Agent
Confirm the expected evidence
Is there any network work near Meadow Lane that could explain the outage?
Must include
Local Work CheckNW-3307Emergency cable repair
Must not claim
I do not have accessI cannot help
Visible positive anchors: Local Work Check; NW-3307; Emergency cable repair. The screenshot supports the learner checkpoint; the full case pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Source: 1424×863 JPEG. Download original.
FTF-03 · Field Service Dispatcher
Confirm the expected evidence
What did the last technician find at Alder Grove Service?
Must include
FV-7710Connection restoredfibre connector
Must not claim
I do not have accessI cannot help
Visible positive anchors: FV-7710; Connection restored; fibre connector. The screenshot supports the learner checkpoint; the full case pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Source: 1424×863 JPEG. Download original.
FTF-04 · Field Service Dispatcher
Confirm the expected evidence
If the light stays red, which technician should go to Alder Grove and what should they prepare? Don't book it yet.
Must include
Technician BookingPriya NairDraft only
Must not claim
I do not have accessI cannot help
Visible positive anchors: Technician Booking; Draft only; Priya Nair. The screenshot supports the learner checkpoint; the full case pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Source: 1424×863 JPEG. Download original.
6
Recognize completion
Know what “done” looks like
The workshop is complete only when both the portable agent and the Copilot Studio front door prove the same behavior.
Local proof4/4 locked cases passedPreview proof4/4 locked cases passedDraft identityFirst-Time Fix ManualModelClaude Opus 5.5Inventory2 knowledge · 4 skillsPublication gateDraft · published false
The harness reports status: complete, exact case totals, the Draft identity, and published: false. The module ends here; it does not offer publication.
Troubleshooting
What you see
What it means
What to do
Copilot ignores the workshop
The wrong skill was read, or the chat began before the one line was sent.
Start a new Agent-mode chat and send the one line first.
Local validation is not 4/4
The portable source, package, or locked behavior does not match.
Stop. Do not deploy. Let the harness report the exact failed case and marker.
No active Copilot Studio environment
PAC has no selected environment.
Sign in or select the intended environment, then resend the deploy message.
The Draft already exists
The recorded schema is already in the environment.
The harness should clone and reconnect automatically. Treat an attendee choice prompt as a harness defect.
A Preview case misses a marker
The real front door does not match the reviewed contract.
Keep the case failed. Inspect instructions and assets; do not retry until it happens to pass.
The agent is Published
The workshop crossed its safety boundary.
Stop immediately. The module must end at Draft with published: false.
Facilitator evidence and portable download
These links support audit, troubleshooting, and offline delivery. They are not learner steps.
See how First-Time Fix Agent is built, one capability at a time.
Optional. Easy mode already did all of this for you from one skill file. This path replays every action the AI took, one real browser frame per step, so you can understand the agent before you adapt it. No PAC CLI, YAML import, or plugin architect; stop at Draft.
Synthetic disclosure: this is qualitative workflow evidence using packaged synthetic inputs. It is not a customer KPI or a live-system result.
Found something inaccurate? Use Report an issue on that step. It opens a prefilled GitHub issue for review and does not submit automatically.
Manual-mode progress is saved on this device and contributes to the same achievement profile.
Build and verify
1
Create a blank Copilot Studio agent
Step 1 of 18
Action
Create a blank Copilot Studio agent
Expected resultA blank Copilot Studio agent is visible in the captured Draft workspace.
Positive visual checkpoint: Untitled Agent. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
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Name First-Time Fix Manual
Step 2 of 18
Action
First-Time Fix Manual
Name First-Time Fix Manual
Expected resultThe page header shows the recorded manual build name: First-Time Fix Manual.
Positive visual checkpoint: First-Time Fix Manual. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
3
Enter the reviewed global instructions
Step 3 of 18
Action
# First-Time Fix — Manual Global Instructions
You are a synthetic first-call resolution pilot for a broadband provider's contact center and field service team. Explain the fixed service snapshot and prepare reviewable drafts without booking a visit, changing a service, or contacting a customer.
## Fixed synthetic snapshot
- Use only the uploaded First-Time Fix synthetic records, rules, and four
packaged skills.
- The broadband provider and every service, plan, cabinet, case, network work record, visit, technician, slot, and booking draft are invented.
- Do not browse, consult external sources, or add current-date, market, legal,
or customer facts. Never invent a record, value, deadline, decision, or
transaction.
- Never match a fictional organization, person, or record to a real one or
claim access to a live system.
## Natural-language routing
- Use **guided connection fix** for: a contact center agent asks which fix to walk the customer through during the call, or what the service status is.
- Use **local work check** for: the agent asks whether planned or emergency network work near the service could explain the issue.
- Use **previous visit review** for: someone asks what earlier technician visits found or what the technician notes say.
- Use **technician booking draft** for: someone asks which technician to send and what job preparation is needed; returns a booking draft that is never booked.
## Human and side-effect gates
- Never book, change, or cancel a visit, change a service, dispatch a technician, update a case, or contact a customer.
- Every decision stays with authorized contact center agents and field service dispatchers. Present drafts as drafts.
- Include only the evidence needed for the question.
## Evidence-first response contract
1. Lead with the specific figure, record, or draft status that answers the question.
2. Keep the agent's tables and figures exactly as returned; do not round or recompute.
3. State the recommended next step and who decides it.
4. Make the no-action boundary explicit; never speculate.
5. End substantive answers with: **Synthetic broadband evidence only. No visit was booked, no service or case was changed, and no customer was contacted.**
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## Skill routing map
Route from the user's natural-language intent to the correct skill below. Do not narrate internal retrieval, tool selection, restrictions, or implementation mechanics; present only the user-facing result.
- `FTF-01` uses skill `guided-fix`.
- `FTF-02` uses skill `local-work-check`.
- `FTF-03` uses skill `visit-history`.
- `FTF-04` uses skill `technician-booking`.
These skill names above are the ONLY valid skill identifiers. Never invent, guess, or reference any other skill name. If the correct skill or its knowledge cannot be loaded after one retry in the same turn, say so honestly and stop. Do not answer using values you already know from these instructions or from general knowledge -- a response with no real citation is not acceptable output.
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Enter the reviewed global instructions
Expected resultThe reviewed manual/GLOBAL-INSTRUCTIONS.md policy is visible or saved without unrecorded edits.
Positive visual checkpoint: First-Time Fix — Manual Global Instructions. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
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Save the instruction policy
Step 4 of 18
Action
Save the instruction policy
Expected resultThe reviewed manual/GLOBAL-INSTRUCTIONS.md policy is visible or saved without unrecorded edits.
Positive visual checkpoint: Draft. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
5
Remove default web search
Step 5 of 18
Action
Remove default web search
Expected resultThe captured inventory no longer lists the default web-search capability.
Positive visual checkpoint: Provide trusted context to guide decisions. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
Expected resultThe exact knowledge file linked for this step is attached under its complete filename. Wait for processing to finish before continuing. This step does not require the final inventory or prove the other uploads.
Positive visual checkpoint: aibast_first-time-fix-rules-and-guardrails.md. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
Expected resultThe exact knowledge file linked for this step is attached under its complete filename. Wait for processing to finish before continuing. This step does not require the final inventory or prove the other uploads.
Positive visual checkpoint: aibast_first-time-fix-synthetic-records.md. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
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Add skill: aibast_guided-fix_01
Step 8 of 18
Action
Add skill: aibast_guided-fix_01
Expected resultThe linked SKILL.md appears with its frontmatter name and description. Open it and compare the complete instructions with the source file. This step does not require the final inventory or prove the other uploads.
Positive visual checkpoint: guided-fix. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
9
Add skill: aibast_local-work-check_02
Step 9 of 18
Action
Add skill: aibast_local-work-check_02
Expected resultThe linked SKILL.md appears with its frontmatter name and description. Open it and compare the complete instructions with the source file. This step does not require the final inventory or prove the other uploads.
Positive visual checkpoint: local-work-check. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
10
Add skill: aibast_technician-booking_04
Step 10 of 18
Action
Add skill: aibast_technician-booking_04
Expected resultThe linked SKILL.md appears with its frontmatter name and description. Open it and compare the complete instructions with the source file. This step does not require the final inventory or prove the other uploads.
Positive visual checkpoint: technician-booking. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
11
Add skill: aibast_visit-history_03
Step 11 of 18
Action
Add skill: aibast_visit-history_03
Expected resultThe linked SKILL.md appears with its frontmatter name and description. Open it and compare the complete instructions with the source file. This step does not require the final inventory or prove the other uploads.
Positive visual checkpoint: visit-history. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
12
Review model, skills, knowledge, and safety boundaries
Step 12 of 18
Action
Review model, skills, knowledge, and safety boundaries
Expected resultThe screenshot visibly confirms Claude Opus 5.5, 4 rendered skills, and no tools. Knowledge is verified separately in the two knowledge-upload checkpoints.
Positive visual checkpoint: Claude Opus 5.5; visit-history; technician-booking; local-work-check; guided-fix; aibast_first-time-fix-synthetic-records.md; aibast_first-time-fix-rules-and-guardrails.md. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
13
Open a fresh Preview conversation
Step 13 of 18
Action
Open a fresh Preview conversation
Expected resultA fresh Preview surface or its recorded qualitative result is visible; only the evidence file defines a pass.
Positive visual checkpoint: First-Time Fix Manual; New chat. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
14
Pass FTF-01: Contact Center Agent
Step 14 of 18
Action
The customer on Alder Grove Service keeps dropping. What guided fix should I walk them through right now?
Pass FTF-01: Contact Center Agent
Expected resultThe captured Preview evidence records FTF-01 with the recorded identifiers Guided Connection Fix, optical network terminal, solid green; do not infer results beyond it.
Before this case
Open Preview in a fresh conversation before running FTF-01. A previous response must not influence the evidence.
Positive visual checkpoint: Guided Connection Fix; optical network terminal; solid green. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
15
Pass FTF-02: Contact Center Agent
Step 15 of 18
Action
Is there any network work near Meadow Lane that could explain the outage?
Pass FTF-02: Contact Center Agent
Expected resultThe captured Preview evidence records FTF-02 with the recorded identifiers Local Work Check, NW-3307, Emergency cable repair; do not infer results beyond it.
Before this case
Open Preview in a fresh conversation before running FTF-02. A previous response must not influence the evidence.
Positive visual checkpoint: Local Work Check; Emergency cable repair; NW-3307. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
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Pass FTF-03: Field Service Dispatcher
Step 16 of 18
Action
What did the last technician find at Alder Grove Service?
Pass FTF-03: Field Service Dispatcher
Expected resultThe captured Preview evidence records FTF-03 with the recorded identifiers FV-7710, Connection restored, fibre connector; do not infer results beyond it.
Before this case
Open Preview in a fresh conversation before running FTF-03. A previous response must not influence the evidence.
Positive visual checkpoint: Connection restored; FV-7710. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
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Pass FTF-04: Field Service Dispatcher
Step 17 of 18
Action
If the light stays red, which technician should go to Alder Grove and what should they prepare? Don't book it yet.
Pass FTF-04: Field Service Dispatcher
Expected resultThe captured Preview evidence records FTF-04 with the recorded identifiers Technician Booking, Priya Nair, Draft only; do not infer results beyond it.
Before this case
Open Preview in a fresh conversation before running FTF-04. A previous response must not influence the evidence.
Positive visual checkpoint: Technician Booking; Draft only; Priya Nair. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
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Confirm Draft and stop before publish
Step 18 of 18
Action
Confirm Draft and stop before publish
Expected resultThe agent remains Draft and no Publish action is taken.
Positive visual checkpoint: First-Time Fix Manual. Source capture: 1424×863 JPEG. The full pass remains the deterministic machine gate. Download original.
Manual-mode troubleshooting
A screenshot or browserfilm frame is missing
Stop. Do not invent, recreate, or substitute an image. Capture the real frame, update the browserfilm manifest, and regenerate without --allow-pending.
A knowledge file is still processing
Wait for ingestion to finish before Preview. A partial answer is not evidence.
A skill upload fails
Use the linked raw SKILL.md. Fix the reviewed source deliberately; do not silently skip the action.
The model differs from Easy mode
Record the substitution and stop the parity claim until Easy and Manual use the same reviewed model.
The Preview answer misses an identifier
Mark the recorded case failed, inspect instructions and inventory, then replay the exact prompt in a fresh conversation.
Should I publish?
No. Keep this manual duplicate in Draft unless publication is separately approved. Do not choose Publish as part of this tutorial.