Agent update

Question

I have made an agent and when using it I have in a chat improved the result (quality and format of an excel sheet).

If I press update on the chat, will the agent update itself so it will remember the instructions?

Answer 1

Hi @RI ,

Updating from a chat does not make the agent automatically learn or persist those improvements.

In Microsoft Copilot/agent scenarios, refinements made during a chat (such as improving Excel format or output quality) are session-specific and are not saved to the agent by default. Selecting Update will only persist changes if those improvements are explicitly included in the agent’s configuration (for example, its instructions or system prompt). The agent does not self-train or retain behavior based on chat interactions alone.

To make the improvements permanent:

• Capture the refined instructions from the chat.
• Add them to the agent’s instructions (system prompt) or relevant logic.
• Publish/update the agent to apply those changes.

In summary; chat-level improvements are temporary, and only explicit updates to the agent definition are persisted.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/authoring-instructions
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/extensibility/declarative-agent-instructions

Regards,
Burak V.