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Grounding Declarative Agents
Curated learning path • 7 posts
Learn how to connect your declarative agents to organizational data sources: SharePoint, email, Teams, web search, Copilot connectors, and people intelligence.
Every declarative agent needs data to reason over. This collection walks through each knowledge source available in the declarative agent platform, from SharePoint document libraries to web search, showing you exactly how to configure each one in your agent manifest.
- 1· 6 min
Bundle Documents with Embedded Knowledge in Declarative Agents
Learn how to bundle documents directly in your declarative agent's app package using the EmbeddedKnowledge capability: no SharePoint or cloud storage required.
- 2· 6 min
Grounding Declarative Agents with SharePoint
Connect your declarative agent to SharePoint document libraries for cited, grounded answers with automatic permission enforcement.
- 3· 7 min
Grounding Declarative Agents with Email and Shared Mailboxes
Configure the Email capability to ground your declarative agent in personal mailboxes, shared mailboxes, and specific folders for precise, scoped answers.
- 4· 7 min
Grounding Declarative Agents with Teams Conversations
Learn how to ground your declarative agent in Teams messages using the TeamsMessages capability to surface peer wisdom from group chats, 1:1 conversations, and channel threads.
- 5· 5 min
Grounding Declarative Agents with Web Search
Learn how to give your declarative agent access to external websites, from unscoped web search to curated site lists, and why scoping matters for quality results.
- 6· 7 min
Grounding Declarative Agents with Copilot Connectors
Connect your declarative agent to structured data from HRIS systems, databases, and external platforms using Copilot connectors (formerly Graph connectors).
- 7· 5 min
People Intelligence in Declarative Agents
Add org chart awareness, colleague skills, and collaboration context to your declarative agent using the zero-config People capability.