Add tool to Agent Vs add tool to Topic
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john john Pter
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when building copilot chat bot inside copilot studio, when we should add the tool to the agent and leave the orchestration to call it based on the intent? and when to explicitly assign it to the topic? it is a bot confusing..
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Sayali-MSFT 4,066 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator2025-10-24T06:52:43.1433333+00:00 Hello @john john Pter,Thanks for bringing this issue to our attention.
We will look into it and get back to you.
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