Github Copilot Stuido _ Upload file to new agent, but cannot save the file to sharepoint through WF

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Github Copilot Stuido _ Upload file to new agent, but cannot save the file to sharepoint through WF

Zhao, Xiaoqiang 0

Hi,

I am creating a agent by github copilot studio, I need it to make meeting minutes after I upload the teams meeting transcript, and I need it to save the original teams meeting transcript to sharepoint. Now I design a skilll to make the MOM and WF to save the file. But I encoutered a problem that WF cannot get the file content after I upload the file to agent, but there was no this issue when I use the previous version copilot studio. And when I test the WF, there is no problem.

I attached a screenshot of problem description. I have communicated with copilot for a day, it cannot solve it.

Need your help to solve thie problem and it will be appreciated to receive your reply soonest.

Tony

Zhao, Xiaoqiang 0 Reputation points

2026-10-14T12:50:37.6733333+00:00
Thanks, but the AI's answer applies to the classic agent experience. My agent is built in the new agent experience powered by the GitHub Copilot harness, which has no Topics, no Question node, no Topic.* variables, and System.Activity.Attachments is not available. The workflow tool input panel also does not offer a File-type mapping. Please confirm specifically for the GitHub Copilot harness agent:

Is there any supported way to pass a user-uploaded chat attachment (binary/content bytes + file name) to a workflow tool or connector?

If not, is this on the roadmap, and what is the recommended workaround?

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Zhao, Xiaoqiang 0 Reputation points

2026-10-14T12:50:37.6733333+00:00

Thanks, but the AI's answer applies to the classic agent experience. My agent is built in the new agent experience powered by the GitHub Copilot harness, which has no Topics, no Question node, no Topic.* variables, and System.Activity.Attachments is not available. The workflow tool input panel also does not offer a File-type mapping. Please confirm specifically for the GitHub Copilot harness agent:

Is there any supported way to pass a user-uploaded chat attachment (binary/content bytes + file name) to a workflow tool or connector?

If not, is this on the roadmap, and what is the recommended workaround?

Answer 1

Microsoft supports uploading chat attachments for agents to read and summarize. However, it doesn't currently document a supported mechanism for passing the uploaded file's binary content and filename directly into a workflow tool.

For your meeting-minutes workflow, the most reliable workaround is to save the original transcript to SharePoint first, rather than uploading it through agent chat. Then use a SharePoint Get file content action to retrieve the transcript and pass it to an agent node for meeting-minutes generation. Microsoft documents this exact SharePoint-to-agent workflow pattern. As one verification check, upload a sample transcript to SharePoint and run this workflow to confirm that the agent generates minutes while the original file remains available.