Agent Skill · Microsoft Visual Studio

detect-mode

Detect a Copilot Studio agent's authentication mode (DirectLine vs M365) by querying Dataverse. Returns the mode and connection details needed to chat.

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Skill body

Detect Agent Authentication Mode

Query the Dataverse bots entity to determine whether the agent uses DirectLine (no auth / manual auth) or the Copilot Studio SDK (integrated auth / Entra ID SSO).

Instructions

  1. Run the detect-only command:

    node ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../scripts/chat-with-agent.bundle.js --detect-only $ARGUMENTS

    If the agent is not at the project root, pass --agent-dir <path>.

  2. Parse the JSON output from stdout:

    DirectLine mode (authenticationmode 1 or 3)

    { "status": "ok", "mode": "directline", "authenticationmode": 1, "tokenEndpoint": "https://...", "schemaName": "..." }

    The agent uses no authentication or manual authentication. No user credentials needed. The tokenEndpoint is ready to use with /copilot-studio:chat-directline.

    M365 mode (authenticationmode 2)

    { "status": "ok", "mode": "m365", "authenticationmode": 2, "schemaName": "..." }

    The agent uses integrated authentication (Entra ID SSO). An App Registration Client ID is needed for /copilot-studio:chat-sdk.

  3. Return the result to the caller. Do not proceed to chat — that is a separate step.

Error Handling

Error Cause Resolution
No agent.mcs.yml found No agent in workspace Clone the agent first
No .mcs/conn.json found Agent not cloned via VS Code extension Clone with the extension
Could not detect authentication mode No cached Dataverse token Run a push/pull first to cache tokens, or ask the user about their auth config

Skill frontmatter

user-invocable: false argument-hint: --agent-dir allowed-tools: Bash(node *chat-with-agent.bundle.js --detect-only *), Read, Glob agent: copilot-studio-test