Add Knowledge Skill
Add a knowledge source (public website or SharePoint) to a Copilot Studio agent. Use when the user asks to add a knowledge source, documentation URL, website, or SharePoint site for the agent to search. Published by microsoft in skills-for-copilot-studio.
Decision snapshot
Is this a fit?
Database workflows, Documentation, Research, Includes SKILL.md
Compatibility not yet detected.
Can write or update data, Write actions, Filesystem access, Shell access
Copy skill directory
2 months ago · MIT license
Confirm write permissions and scope before use. Access note: Local files. Access note: Shell access.
What is Add Knowledge Skill?
Add a knowledge source (public website or SharePoint) to a Copilot Studio agent. Use when the user asks to add a knowledge source, documentation URL, website, or SharePoint site for the agent to search. Published by microsoft in skills-for-copilot-studio. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
Automated repository signals based on public metadata such as recency, license, installation evidence, and adoption. These are not a security audit or endorsement. See how SkillIndex evaluates profiles.
Key capabilities
- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Database workflows
- Documentation
- Research
- Database workflows use cases
- Documentation use cases
Declared skill metadata
- Source file: skills/add-knowledge/SKILL.md
Allowed tools declared by source
These fields retain source and confidence evidence from the indexed SKILL.md.
Compatibility and setup
- Install or run with Copy skill directory
- Local files
- Shell access
Requirements and access
Security and permissions
Review permissions before connecting any MCP server to an agent. Pay special attention to whether it can read local files, write data, call external services, or perform destructive actions.
When to use Add Knowledge Skill
- Use it for database workflows.
- Use it for documentation.
- Use it for research.
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Source
- Creator: microsoft
- Repository: microsoft/skills-for-copilot-studio
- Skill file: skills/add-knowledge/SKILL.md
What it does
Add a knowledge source (public website or SharePoint) to a Copilot Studio agent. Use when the user asks to add a knowledge source, documentation URL, website, or SharePoint site for the agent to search.
Skill instructions
Add Knowledge Source Add a knowledge source to the agent. Supports Public Website, SharePoint, and Custom API sources. Instructions 1. Auto-discover the agent directory: Glob: /agent.mcs.yml NEVER hardcode an agent name. 2. Parse the arguments to extract: - URL - Name / description (optional) 3. Determine the source type from the user's request: - If the URL contains sharepoint.com → use SharePointSearchSource (but first normalize the URL — see below) - If the user wants to connect a custom search API or database → use OnKnowledgeRequested (see Custom API section below) - Otherwise → use PublicSiteSearchSource 4. If SharePoint: normalize the URL before using it. Copilot Studio requires a direct folder path like: https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/MySite/Shared%20Documents/MyFolder Users often paste URLs in other formats. Handle them as follows: | URL pattern | Example | Action | |---|---|---| | Direct path (/sites/.../Shared%20Documents/...) | https://x.sharepoint.com/sites/Site/Shar
Verified compatibility and discovery
Frequently asked questions
What is Add Knowledge?
Add Knowledge is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Add a knowledge source (public website or SharePoint) to a Copilot Studio agent. Use when the user asks to add a knowledge source, documentation URL, website, or SharePoint site for the agent to search.
Who is Add Knowledge best for?
Add Knowledge is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, database workflows, documentation workflows, research workflows.
How do I install Add Knowledge?
Install or run Add Knowledge using Copy skill directory. Check Add Knowledge for the latest setup command.
Is Add Knowledge actively maintained?
Add Knowledge may need a closer maintenance check before production use.
Project health auto-fetched from the source repository.
Maintain this resource?
Review this source-backed profile, send a correction with evidence, or link to it from your documentation. Claims verify your relationship to the project; profile facts still require source evidence and editorial review.
