· 9 min
Scaffold a Grounded Declarative Agent from a Business Brief
Use Work IQ and WIQD to turn an HR business brief into a reviewable declarative agent with scoped SharePoint grounding, validation, and smoke tests.
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Real code, real patterns, real opinions on building agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot. From declarative agents to API plugins, this is the stuff you wish existed when you started.
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· 12 min
Adding Validation and Eval Gates to CI with WIQD
Run WIQD unattended in GitHub Actions: validate manifests, build packages, gate a bounded eval suite, and keep tenant credentials away from untrusted pull requests.
· 9 min
Build Smarter Declarative Agents with Skills and WIQD
Build custom skills for declarative agents with WIQD, load focused expertise on demand, and give users more reliable, repeatable outcomes at work.
· 15 min
Generating Evals with WIQD: Setting a Quality Bar That Holds
Generate an eval suite from your agent manifest with WIQD, review it like a specification, diagnose failures, and set a quality bar you can defend.
· 10 min
Localize a Declarative Agent with WIQD Without Behavioral Drift
Add French to an HR policy agent with WIQD while preserving grounding, citations, refusals, action behavior, and a reviewable bilingual eval suite.
· 17 min
Validating an Inherited Declarative Agent with WIQD
A manifest can be valid JSON and describe a dead agent. Use WIQD static and deep validation to triage, repair, and gate an inherited declarative agent.
· 3 min
Context Is Everything: Building Agents That Know Your Work Context
A video walkthrough of grounding agents with Work IQ so they can reason over the people, projects, conversations, and information that shape your work.
· 8 min
Import Agent Builder Agents into WIQD Projects Safely
Use WIQD to move Agent Builder prototypes into reviewable projects with reference-backed manifests, parity checks, validation, and evals before changes.
· 12 min
Promote a Copilot Agent Across Environments with WIQD
Use WIQD to package one validated Copilot agent, promote it through named environments, and share it safely with an explicitly approved pilot audience.
· 9 min
The Declarative Agent Lifecycle, End to End with WIQD
Build, Improve, Preview, Publish. WIQD runs the whole declarative agent lifecycle as one conversation, from scaffolding through evals to store submission.
· 8 min
Building Reusable Plugins with WIQD: Skills and Connectors
WIQD makes plugins a first-class deliverable. Compose skills, MCP agent connectors, and declarative agents into one packageable, validatable unit.
· 8 min
Creating Declarative Agents with WIQD: From Idea to Code
WIQD turns declarative agent creation into a conversation. Describe the agent, get an opinionated project with externalized instructions and live diagnostics.
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