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Copilot Studio Limitations

Keep these limitations in mind when working with Copilot Studio.

limitations for the custom agents and skills:

  • The cycle time of a user question calling agents and skills is limited to 60 seconds in total.
  • The cycle time of each requested skill within an agent is limited to 30 seconds.
  • The number of agents per tenant is limited to 10.
  • The number of skills per tenant is limited to 50.
  • When a question is asked, a maximum of 10 skills are requested.
  • The output of a skill is currently limited to 512 KB.
  • Agents cannot be chained.
  • VFC compute hours are used when a skill is triggered.
  • Instructions of agents have to be guard-railed according to the use case.
  • It is essential that custom agents and skills are tested properly.
  • We recommend testing individual skills first and then proceeding to test their interaction in the context of an agent.
  • We recommend testing based on typical user questions.

Last update: March 16, 2026