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    Customer self-service agent

    Deflect routine inquiries with a Copilot Studio self-service agent.

    AgentAutonomy: Act and notifyCost-to-ServeSpeedExtend effortAI-Powered BuilderCIO / CTO
    What changed

    A Copilot Studio agent answers common customer questions and completes routine tasks, deflecting volume from live agents.

    How it's built

    Bounded single agent (rung 5 of 6). The model chooses some of the steps and tools, inside explicit limits.

    An agent: the model chooses part of the sequence at runtime, so it can only be tested on its outcome and its bounds.

    Autonomy: T3 · Act and notify
    Acts within limits and reports afterwards. Reversible actions only. Human role: monitors, samples, and can reverse.
    How it is governed
    Outcome and bounds only. Loop limits, tool permissions, hooks, an authority matrix and per-step autonomy tiers.
    What the certification exams call this
    • Anthropic (Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCAR-F))Agent: the model dynamically directs its own process and tool use. source
    • OpenAI (OpenAI agent guidance (Agents SDK, Codex, OpenAI Academy))Agent: a model with instructions and tools, run in a loop to complete a task on your behalf. source
    • Google Cloud (Generative AI Leader)Agents use tools to interact with their environment and achieve tasks (exam §2.5). source
    • Microsoft (AI-901 (Azure AI Fundamentals) and AB-100 (Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect))Task agents and autonomous agents; generative orchestration (AB-100). source

    How Koko classifies AI · the full ladder is taught in AI & Agentic Delivery Foundations.

    Try it

    Illustrative demo

    Worked example of "Customer self-service agent" on synthetic data — edit the inputs to tailor it. Edit the inputs to tailor the output — it's baked synthetic data, so nothing leaves your browser until you run it live.

    Synthetic demo company (a ~$5B high-growth US AI SaaS) — swap in any name to tailor the output.

    What this run should concentrate on.

    Copilot surfaces used
    Copilot StudioAI Agent + Knowledge Base