Access standard harness agents and agent flows

Microsoft Copilot Studio supports both the standard harness and the GitHub Copilot harness. This article explains when you might switch harnesses, what changes when you do, and how to move between harnesses based on your authoring goals.

Note

Features in this article are powered by the standard harness, which uses the billing options described in Licensing for agents powered by the standard harness. Learn how to access standard features in Access standard agents and agent flows.

If you're deciding which harness to use, start with Standard harness vs. GitHub Copilot harness for a side-by-side comparison.

Build and access standard harness agents and agent flows

There are multiple ways to access and build agents and agent flows that use the standard harness:

• Turn off the New experience toggle on the Homepage.

• To create new agents and agent flows powered by the standard harness from the Homepage, select Other ways to build.

• Go to Agents or Workflows, then open the agent or flow from the list.