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Agent Factory

Give every agent idea one route from intake to retirement, with knowledge readiness, testing, reviewer gates and an owner.

Status: skeleton
Lifecycle: Envision, Deliver, Assure, Launch, Improve

Artefacts

Artefact Stage Responsible skill Template Starter Scale Enterprise

Opportunity intake and prioritisation process Envision opportunity-management:opportunity-prioritisation prioritisation-matrix light standard full

AI suitability decision Envision opportunity-management:ai-suitability opportunity-canvas light standard full

Agent brief and use-case design Deliver m365-agents:agent-use-case-design agent-brief light standard full

Knowledge source readiness Deliver m365-agents:knowledge-source-readiness agent-brief light standard full

Agent test plan and evaluation set Assure m365-agents:agent-testing agent-release-checklist light standard full

Agent release readiness and ownership Launch m365-agents:agent-release-readiness agent-release-checklist light standard full

Scale-or-stop review Improve opportunity-management:scale-or-stop scale-or-stop-review omit standard full

Knowledge readiness report Deliver knowledge-management:knowledge-readiness-assessment knowledge-readiness-report light standard full

Agent evaluation plan Assure evaluation-quality:ai-evaluation-strategy evaluation-plan light standard full

Agent card and ownership Launch m365-agents:agent-ownership agent-card light standard full

Support and monitoring plan Launch ai-operations:ai-support-model support-and-monitoring-plan light standard full

Artefact	Stage	Responsible skill	Template	Starter	Scale	Enterprise
Opportunity intake and prioritisation process	Envision	`opportunity-management:opportunity-prioritisation`	`prioritisation-matrix`	light	standard	full
AI suitability decision	Envision	`opportunity-management:ai-suitability`	`opportunity-canvas`	light	standard	full
Agent brief and use-case design	Deliver	`m365-agents:agent-use-case-design`	`agent-brief`	light	standard	full
Knowledge source readiness	Deliver	`m365-agents:knowledge-source-readiness`	`agent-brief`	light	standard	full
Agent test plan and evaluation set	Assure	`m365-agents:agent-testing`	`agent-release-checklist`	light	standard	full
Agent release readiness and ownership	Launch	`m365-agents:agent-release-readiness`	`agent-release-checklist`	light	standard	full
Scale-or-stop review	Improve	`opportunity-management:scale-or-stop`	`scale-or-stop-review`	omit	standard	full
Knowledge readiness report	Deliver	`knowledge-management:knowledge-readiness-assessment`	`knowledge-readiness-report`	light	standard	full
Agent evaluation plan	Assure	`evaluation-quality:ai-evaluation-strategy`	`evaluation-plan`	light	standard	full
Agent card and ownership	Launch	`m365-agents:agent-ownership`	`agent-card`	light	standard	full
Support and monitoring plan	Launch	`ai-operations:ai-support-model`	`support-and-monitoring-plan`	light	standard	full

Reviewer gates

security-privacy at Assure from risk tier 2; blocking, cannot be skipped
responsible-ai at Assure from risk tier 3; blocking, cannot be skipped
evaluation-quality at Assure from risk tier 2; blocking, cannot be skipped
design-authority at Deliver from risk tier 2; blocking, cannot be skipped

Supporting departments

knowledge-management, platform-governance, ai-operations, evaluation-quality, copilot-studio