[Naveen Chatlapalli (1aifanatic)]

Motivation & Context

The Agent Framework half of both Semantic Kernel → Agent Framework Copilot Studio migration samples fails on construction:

• samples/semantic-kernel-migration/copilot_studio/01_basic_copilot_studio_agent.py
• samples/semantic-kernel-migration/copilot_studio/02_copilot_studio_streaming.py

TypeError: CopilotStudioAgent.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'instructions'

agent_framework.microsoft.CopilotStudioAgent connects to an agent that is already published in Copilot Studio, and its constructor has no instructions parameter (and no **kwargs). The SK half keeps its instructions= argument because that is the SK API being migrated from. semantic-kernel-migration is excluded from the samples type-check sweep (SAMPLE_TYPING_EXCLUDES), so CI did not flag this.

Description & Review Guide

• What are the major changes? Remove instructions= from the two AF CopilotStudioAgent(...) calls, and add a short comment noting that the agent's instructions are configured in Copilot Studio rather than passed to the wrapper.
• What is the impact of these changes? Sample only. The AF half now constructs the agent and proceeds to the normal settings/auth path documented in samples/02-agents/providers/copilotstudio/README.md.
• What do you want reviewers to focus on? The wording of the migration note, since this difference from SK is the useful takeaway for someone migrating.

Verified locally: Pyright on the AF calls no longer reports No parameter named "instructions". With the documented COPILOTSTUDIOAGENT__* variables set (token acquisition stubbed), CopilotStudioAgent(name=...) constructs successfully, and without them it now raises the expected "environment ID is required" ValueError instead of a TypeError. ruff check / ruff format --check pass.

Related Issue

N/A - trivial change: the samples pass a keyword argument the constructor does not accept and fail with TypeError. Removing that argument is the only way to make the AF half run, so the desired result is not in dispute.

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AI assistance details: Claude Code helped find the broken samples (by type-checking the excluded migration samples), implement the fix, run the local verification, and draft this description.

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🟢 Approval recommended

Both narrowly scoped fixes match the constructor API, and the comments accurately explain instruction configuration.

No open issues 🎉

What changed in this PR

Fixes constructor errors in two Python Copilot Studio migration samples by aligning Agent Framework calls with its supported API.

Changes:

• Removes unsupported instructions arguments from both Agent Framework calls.
• Explains that instructions are configured in Copilot Studio; Semantic Kernel calls remain unchanged.

File	Description
python/​samples/​semantic-kernel-migration/​copilot_studio/​02_copilot_studio_streaming.py	Fixes streaming sample construction and adds configuration guidance.
python/​samples/​semantic-kernel-migration/​copilot_studio/​01_basic_copilot_studio_agent.py	Fixes basic sample construction and adds configuration guidance.

_{Review effort: Balanced}

[Eduard van Valkenburg (eavanvalkenburg)]

Removing the unsupported instructions argument matches the current CopilotStudioAgent constructor, and the migration comments correctly explain that instructions live in the published Copilot Studio agent.