Session 11 — Custom Agents & Agent Profiles¶
Module: Agentic Workflows Difficulty: Advanced Prerequisites: Sessions 01–07, 10 Duration: 3 hours (1 hour trainer content + 2 hours lab)
Overview¶
Custom agents define narrow roles in Markdown that teams can review. This session uses .github/agents/ artifacts with limited tools, validation evidence, human review, and a manual fallback.
Learning outcomes¶
- Create a focused agent profile.
- Define agent-specific tools, MCP dependencies, and stop conditions.
- Verify supported behavior on an approved Copilot surface.
- Choose between instructions, custom agents, skills, and MCP.
- Assign an owner to shared profiles.
| Resource | Location |
|---|---|
| Trainer guide | trainer-content/README.md |
| Slides | slides.md |
| Lab | lab/README.md |