Clone Agent

Clone Agent

Guided flow to clone a Copilot Studio agent from the cloud to a local workspace. Walks the user through environment selection, agent selection, and downloads the agent's YAML files.

IMPORTANT: Do Not Modify Scripts

This is a new capability under active development. If the manage-agent script fails, do not attempt to fix, patch, or work around it. Instead:

1. Show the user the full error output
2. Direct them to https://github.com/microsoft/skills-for-copilot-studio/issues
3. Suggest using the Copilot Studio VS Code extension directly as a fallback for push/pull/clone

Phase 0: Resolve Configuration

Look for existing connection details in this order. Stop at the first source that provides a tenantId:

0a. Scan for existing .mcs/conn.json files

Search the filesystem for previously cloned agents — these already have all the connection details:

Glob: **/.mcs/conn.json

Also search common project locations:

Glob: /Users/**/projects/**/.mcs/conn.json

Each conn.json contains TenantId, EnvironmentId, DataverseEndpoint, AgentManagementEndpoint, and AccountInfo. Parse any found files and collect unique tenant/environment pairs. If matches are found, present them to the user:

Found existing agent connections:

1. Employee Assistant — Elad's Env (tenant: 8a235459...)
2. IT Agent — Contoso Dev (tenant: efb073bb...)

Use one of these, or enter a different tenant ID?

If the user picks one → extract tenantId, environmentId, environmentUrl, agentMgmtUrl and skip to Phase 2 (or Phase 1 if they want a different environment).

0b. Ask the user

If no conn.json found (or user wants a different tenant) → ask for their tenant ID (required).

No --client-id is needed — the script uses VS Code's first-party client ID with interactive browser login automatically.

Phase 1: Select Environment

Tell the user: "A browser window may open for Microsoft sign-in (tokens are cached after first login)."

Run the list-envs command:

node ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../scripts/manage-agent.bundle.js list-envs \
  --tenant-id "<tenantId>"

Timeout: 300000ms (5 minutes) — set this on the Bash tool call to allow time for browser auth.

Parse the JSON output. On success (status: "ok"), present the environments as a numbered list to the user:

1. Contoso Dev (abc123-...)
2. Contoso Prod (def456-...)

Ask the user to pick an environment. Extract:

• environmentId
• environmentUrl (the url or dataverseUrl field)
• agentMgmtUrl (the agentManagementUrl field)

Phase 2: Select Agent

First, ask the user: "Do you want to list only agents you own, or all agents in the environment?"

• If only mine → run without --no-owner (default, filters by current user)
• If all agents → add --no-owner flag

node ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../scripts/manage-agent.bundle.js list-agents \
  --tenant-id "<tenantId>" \
  --environment-url "<environmentUrl>" \
  [--no-owner]

Timeout: 300000ms (5 minutes)

Parse the JSON output. Each agent has agentId, displayName, and ownedByCurrentUser. Present agents as a numbered list:

1. My Support Bot (yours)
2. HR Assistant
3. IT Helpdesk (yours)

Ask the user to pick an agent. Extract the agentId.

Phase 3: Clone

Run the clone command. The workspace should be the current directory (.). The --agent-id is required (from Phase 2):

node ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../scripts/manage-agent.bundle.js clone \
  --workspace "." \
  --tenant-id "<tenantId>" \
  --agent-id "<agentId>" \
  --environment-id "<environmentId>" \
  --environment-url "<environmentUrl>" \
  --agent-mgmt-url "<agentMgmtUrl>"

Timeout: 300000ms (5 minutes)

On success:

1. Run Glob: **/agent.mcs.yml to find and show the cloned agent file
2. Check that .mcs/conn.json was created in the agent directory
3. Summarize what was cloned and where the files are

Error Handling

Error	Resolution
Browser auth fails or times out	Ask user to try again; check that they have access to the tenant
No environments found	Verify tenant ID is correct and user has Power Platform access
No agents found	Verify environment selection; user may need Copilot Studio access
Clone fails	Check permissions; the user needs maker/admin access to the agent