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Plugins and Extensibility
Curated learning path • 5 posts
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.
Grounding gets your agent to answer. Plugins get it to act. This collection walks through every extensibility surface a declarative agent can plug into: REST APIs through OpenAPI specs, Model Context Protocol servers, the authentication patterns that secure each one, and the connected-agents delegation pattern that lets agents call other agents.
- 1· 10 min
API Plugins for Declarative Agents: Calling Live APIs
Connect your declarative agent to REST APIs using OpenAPI specs and API plugin manifests to read live data and take real actions with Microsoft 365 Copilot.
- 2· 11 min
Authentication Deep Dive for API Plugins in Declarative Agents
Configure OAuth, API key, and anonymous authentication for API plugins in declarative agents, including Entra ID setup and runtime flow.
- 3· 7 min
MCP Servers for Declarative Agents
Connect existing MCP servers to your declarative agents as plugins, with OAuth authentication, and let Copilot orchestrate them alongside knowledge sources.
- 4· 12 min
Authentication Deep Dive for MCP Plugins in Declarative Agents
Configure OAuth, Entra ID SSO, and anonymous authentication for MCP plugins in declarative agents, including Teams Developer Portal setup and runtime flow.
- 5· 8 min
Connected Agents: The Delegation Pattern for Declarative Agents
Learn how to scale your declarative agent with connected agents: delegate to specialist worker agents using a microservices architecture for AI assistants.