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Prompting in Microsoft Copilot for Security

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Watch the Copilot for Security tour to get familiar with the standalone Copilot for Security experience, if you haven't already.

Once you're all set up in Copilot for Security, you can start using prompts. Prompts are the primary input Copilot for Security needs to generate answers that can help you in your security-related tasks.

Watch the following video to learn more about prompting:

Select the prompts icon

In the Copilot home page, select the sparkle icon Screenshot of sparkle icon. at the prompt bar.

Screenshot of prompt bar

You can see a list of promptbooks and prompts that you can start with. Promptbooks are a collection of one or many prompts that were put together to accomplish specific security-related tasks. It runs the series of prompts in sequence, with one prompt building on the one before it.

Read about the different Copilot for Security promptbooks in Using promptbooks.

Create your own prompts

Using the same prompt bar as in the previous prompting method, you can directly enter requests in your own words for Copilot for Security to answer.

  1. In the prompt bar, type your question for Copilot for Security.

  2. Select Send Send button or press Enter.

  3. Wait for Copilot for Security to generate a response.

    As the response is being formed, and depending on your process log settings, Copilot for Security shows the individual steps being taken in the process log to form the response. The process log gives you visibility into the step-by-step actions, sources of information being used, and the amount of time it's taking to form the response.

    At any time during response generation, you can cancel, edit, or delete your prompt.

  4. Read the response by Copilot for Security. Review and verify whether the responses are accurate and meet your needs.

If you have more questions for Copilot for Security, you can continue the session with more prompts to get iterative responses. If you aren't completely satisfied with the response, you can try asking the question in a different way, providing more details or examples of what you expect, or indicating the response format that you prefer. To get some ideas about what makes an effective prompt, read Elements of an effective prompt.

Providing feedback

Whether you use promptbooks or your own prompt, providing feedback about your satisfaction with the generated response can help Microsoft in improving Copilot for Security. You can find the feedback buttons at the bottom of the response.

Screenshot of prompt feedback options.

Remember, Copilot for Security doesn't always get everything right, and AI-generated content can contain inaccuracies.

  • If you're satisfied by the response, select Looks right and then provide some details about what Copilot for Security got right.

  • If you aren't satisfied by the response, select Needs improvement, and provide some details about what Copilot for Security didn't get right.

  • If for any reason Copilot for Security came up with a concerning, unexpected response, you can select Inappropriate and give more details.

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