new-topic

Create a new Copilot Studio topic YAML file. Use when the user asks to create a new topic, conversation flow, or dialog for their agent.

Agent Skill from microsoft/skills-for-copilot-studio

Copilot Studio

Needs changes

Fails: Frontmatter has a non-empty name (CS-NAME)
name is missing or empty
rule · Copilot Studio: Troubleshoot skills that don't load

Microsoft 365 Copilot Preview, Frontier tenants only

Needs changes

Fails: SKILL.md has a name and description in YAML front matter (M365-FRONTMATTER)
Missing name
rule · Microsoft 365 Copilot: What is a skill

An agent can have at most 8 skills. Custom skills aren't available in tenants that use Microsoft Purview Information Barriers.

Agent Skills spec notes

Warning: No experimental allowed-tools field (SPEC-ALLOWED-TOOLS)
uses allowed-tools
rule · Agent Skills specification

Compatible isn't the same as safe. These verdicts only say whether a skill's files follow Microsoft's documented load rules. The checker reads files and never runs them, and it doesn't review what a skill or its scripts actually do. Read a skill's instructions and scripts before you add it to an agent.

Standards signals

Doesn't meet every agentskills.io required field.

Frontmatter	Problem found Spec: frontmatter
name	Doesn't meet the spec Spec: name
description	Present, 1-1,024 characters Spec: description
compatibility	Absent or under 500 characters Spec: compatibility
Name matches folder	No (folder `new-topic`) Spec: name
allowed-tools	Used Note: experimental in the spec; support varies by agent. Spec: allowed-tools

Observed from the public SKILL.md at the commit above on 2026-10-24. Not a certification: AAIF and the Agent Skills project don't certify skills. Validate your own skill with skills-ref validate.

Source repo	microsoft/skills-for-copilot-studio
Path	skills/new-topic/SKILL.md
Commit checked	`fd9653d0ec74`
Repo license	MIT
Files	1
Scripts	None
Instructions	8,062 characters
Deepest folder	0 below the skill folder
Rules version	2026-10-22

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Is this wrong or out of date? Email us. Skills data built 2026-10-24; rules as of 2026-10-22.

Rule-based checks of public files against Microsoft's documented load rules, not tested in Copilot Studio or Microsoft 365 Copilot. Independent project, not affiliated with Microsoft.