Getting Started with Copilot Skills in SharePoint: Reusable AI Workflows Without Code

Copilot in SharePoint is getting an interesting new capability: custom Skills.

Instead of relying only on one-off prompts, Skills let us define reusable, multi-step instructions that Copilot can apply to common business processes within a SharePoint site.

Some of the key capabilities I find particularly interesting:

✅ Create Skills using natural language

✅ Turn repeatable business processes into reusable AI instructions

✅ Store Skills as SKILL.md files in the site's Agent Assets library

✅ Allow Copilot to automatically select a relevant Skill based on the user's request, or invoke a Skill explicitly by name

✅ Reuse native Copilot in SharePoint capabilities for working with content, lists, files and folders

✅ Continue respecting existing SharePoint permissions

From an administration and governance perspective, there are also some important considerations.

Skills are stored under:

/Agent Assets/Skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md

By default, users with Edit permissions on the site can create Skills, while standard SharePoint permissions and governance controls continue to apply.

Skills also don't provide a way to execute custom code or connect directly to external systems.

💡 Why I think this is interesting

For me, the real value isn't simply creating another AI prompt.

It's the possibility of taking a process that an organization performs repeatedly and turning the instructions for that process into something reusable.

For example:

📄 Reviewing documents against organizational standards

📋 Running repeatable document-review processes

📁 Organizing SharePoint content

🔄 Standardizing common Copilot workflows across a site

🎥 I created a hands-on video where I explore how Copilot Skills in SharePoint work, how a Skill is created, where it is stored, and some of the governance considerations administrators should be aware of.

Watch the walkthrough here:

👉 https://youtu.be/TO8CyeC5fO0

Official Microsoft documentation:

👉 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/copilot-in-sharepoint-skills

I'm particularly interested in how the Microsoft 365 community plans to use this capability.

💬 What business process would you turn into your first SharePoint Copilot Skill?

I'd love to hear your ideas and use cases in the comments.