What is an AI agent, and how does it actually work? In this first video from the Agent Academy Recruit NextGen curriculum, April Dunnam introduces the core concepts you need to understand before building agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio. In this video, you’ll learn: * What makes an AI agent different from a traditional chatbot * How models, instructions, knowledge, tools, and boundaries shape an agent * How large language models, tokens, and context windows work * How orchestration enables an agent to plan, act, observe, and replan * The difference between knowledge and tools * How Copilot Studio harnesses support different agent scenarios Continue through the complete Agent Academy Recruit NextGen curriculum and build Copilot Studio agents using the GitHub Copilot harness: aka.ms/agent-academy/recruit-nextgen TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:17 What is an AI agent? 1:20 AI agents vs. traditional chatbots 2:39 Understanding agents with the car analogy 3:02 How large langu...