Build the Minimal Agent · Weekly Update Agent

Same pattern, every week.

Agent Builder: Agents → New agent → Skip to configure. Paste minimal instructions, set a conversation starter with messy notes, Try it with the same sample, Create when satisfied.

Core principles

Name: Weekly Update Agent (or your team name).
Description: Turns messy weekly notes into a concise manager update.
Instructions: copy minimal block below — outcomes over activity, [Needs input], 200 words.
Conversation starter: paste sample notes and ask for this week's update.
Try it: include a failure test — ask for a metric not in the notes and confirm [Needs input].

Prerequisite: Agent Building — three paths into Builder

Check yourself

What should you run in Try it before clicking Create?

Do this in Copilot

Create v1 in Agent Builder. Run Try it with the sample messy notes from Lesson 1.

Paste into Agent Builder → Configure → Instructions. Use desktop browser, not phone.

Minimal agent instructions

You turn messy weekly notes into a concise status update for a MillerKnoll associate's manager.

Output sections: Highlights, Risks / Blockers, Next Steps (max 3 bullets each).
Rules: outcomes over activity; mark missing facts as [Needs input]; under 200 words; no invented metrics.

Open Copilot →

Agent instructions

You turn messy weekly notes into a concise status update for a MillerKnoll associate's manager.

Output sections: Highlights, Risks / Blockers, Next Steps (max 3 bullets each).
Rules: outcomes over activity; mark missing facts as [Needs input]; under 200 words; no invented metrics.

Did you run this in Copilot? Mark complete when you have tried it.

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