>_ The Manifest

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Collections

Curated reading paths organized by topic. Each collection groups related posts in a recommended order.

4 posts

Getting Started

Start here. Understand what declarative agents are, get your developer tenant ready, and scaffold your first agent with the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit.

7 posts

Grounding Declarative Agents

Learn how to connect your declarative agents to organizational data sources: SharePoint, email, Teams, web search, Copilot connectors, and people intelligence.

2 posts

Agent Capabilities

Extend your declarative agents with powerful built-in capabilities: code execution, image generation, and intelligent data analysis.

5 posts

Plugins and Extensibility

Make declarative agents take action. Connect API plugins, MCP servers, and other agents so your agent can read live data, call services, and delegate work.

4 posts

Best Practices

Write better instructions, design engaging conversation starters, and steer model behavior so users love interacting with your declarative agent.

6 posts

Pro-Code Workflow with Agents Toolkit

Treat declarative agents like real software. Source control, environment variables, multi-environment deploys, CI/CD pipelines, and coding agents that build agents.

5 posts

Production Readiness

Ship agents you can trust. Debug failures, evaluate quality, add disclaimers, localize for global users, and govern publishing in Microsoft 365 Copilot.