Getting started with Copilot Ai Studio Kit — Power CAT

Emmanuel Adegor
3 min readFeb 9, 2025

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The Power CAT Copilot Studio Kit is a comprehensive toolkit developed by Microsoft’s Power Customer Advisory Team (Power CAT) to enhance the capabilities of Microsoft Copilot Studio. It assists developers and makers in building, testing, and optimizing custom Copilot AI agents.

Understanding the Power CAT Copilot Studio Kit

The Power CAT Copilot Studio Kit is designed to empower you by providing a robust framework for developing AI-driven solutions within the Microsoft Power Platform ecosystem. By leveraging this toolkit, you can:

Build Custom Copilot AI Agents: Create AI agents tailored to your organizational needs.

Test and Optimize: Utilize built-in testing mechanisms to refine your AI solutions.

Streamline Development: Enjoy a cohesive integration with Microsoft Copilot Studio to speed up development and deployment.

Before diving into the installation process, make sure you’ve reviewed the official Prerequisites and Creator Kit Setup documentation to fully understand the requirements and available features.

Copilot Studio Kit is using advanced components from the Creator Kit, please make sure to deploy it before deploying Copilot Studio Kit.

Installing the Creator Kit

  • Go to the Creator Kit page on AppSource page.
  • Sign in to an account that has System Administrator permissions in the target Environment.
  • Select the button Get it now.

If prompted, confirm your details and select the Get it now button again to continue. Microsoft will not contact you regarding the Creator Kit by submitting this form.

  • The App Source install experience will launch the Power Platform admin center and ask you to identify the target Environment.
  • Choose the target Environment, review and agree to the two agreement checkboxes, then select the Install button to continue.

Installing the Power CAT Copilot Studio Kit

  1. Download the latest version of the Power CAT Copilot Studio Kit managed solution here: aka.ms/DownloadCopilotStudioKit
  2. Go to make.powerapps.com
  3. Select the environment in which you want to install the Power CAT Copilot Studio Kit.
  4. Select Import Solution
  5. Select Browse
  6. Select CopilotStudioAccelerator.zip
  7. Select Next
  8. After reviewing the solution information, select Next
  9. If prompted, create the required connections, and select Import.
  10. Leave “Conversation KPIs report” values as-is for now, you will be updating these in the later steps.
  11. Wait for the import operation to successfully complete.

Accessing the Power CAT Copilot Studio Kit app

  1. Go to make.powerapps.com
  2. Select the environment in which you want to install the Power CAT Copilot Studio Kit.
  3. Navigate to Apps.
  4. Locate and select Power CAT Copilot Studio Kit.
  5. Select Play.

Conclusion

You have now successfully installed the Power CAT Copilot Studio Kit! With this powerful toolkit, you are well-equipped to build, test, and optimize custom Copilot AI agents within your Microsoft Copilot Studio environment.

Ref:
https://github.com/microsoft/Power-CAT-Copilot-Studio-Kit/blob/main/INSTALLATION_INSTRUCTIONS.md#access-the-copilot-studio-accelerator-app

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/power-platform/guidance/creator-kit/setup#option-2-install-from-appsource

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Emmanuel Adegor
Emmanuel Adegor

Written by Emmanuel Adegor

Principal Software Engineer/Architect ( M365 SharePoint | Teams | SPFX ) | AI Agent | Collaboration Platforms | Workflow Automation Expert

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