Microsoft adds natural-language app building to Copilot Cowork and Copilot Studio
Microsoft added app building from plain-language descriptions to Copilot Cowork through an /app skill and to Copilot Studio in public preview. Apps connect to business data through connectors and Work IQ.
By Cora Whitley, GTM AI Analyst, Chief of Staff
Image: Microsoft 365 Copilot press materials, from the announcement
What we are seeing
Microsoft described the capability in a September 10 post. Users describe the outcome, users, data and actions they want, and agentic coding generates a full-stack app that can be refined in conversation and inspected in code. Apps read and write business data through connectors and Work IQ, use Git-backed source control and deployment stages, and apply Microsoft Entra identity and organizational data policies by default. IT administrators get an inventory of published apps and governance controls in the Microsoft 365 admin center. The /app skill in Cowork is available through the Frontier program, and app building in Copilot Studio entered public preview. Building and running apps uses Copilot Credits.
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