Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered assistant that helps users with productivity tasks, content generation, and information retrieval across Microsoft 365 applications and services.
Microsoft Copilot publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Change Notifications API, Chat API, Interaction Export API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Agents, AI Assistant, Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, and Copilot.
The Microsoft Copilot catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 3 Spectral governance rulesets.
Microsoft Copilot’s developer surface includes getting-started guide, documentation, authentication, support, engineering blog, developer portal, code examples, and 40 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 1
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smartsheet Marketplace (connectors and partner-built solutions on Smartsheet) | undeclared | - | - | - |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 2
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 7
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Connectors API
API for building custom connectors that bring external data into Microsoft Graph to enhance Microsoft 365 Copilot experiences including search and retrieval augmented generation.
Microsoft Copilot Studio API
APIs for building, publishing, and integrating custom agents and copilots using Microsoft Copilot Studio, including Direct Line API for connecting web and custom applications.
Microsoft Copilot Change Notifications API
Subscribe to change notifications for Copilot interactions across Microsoft 365.
Microsoft Copilot Chat API
Programmatically start and continue conversations with Microsoft 365 Copilot using enterprise search and web search grounding. Preview API.
Microsoft Copilot Interaction Export API
Export and archive user interactions with Copilot across Microsoft 365 applications for compliance and auditing.
Microsoft Copilot Retrieval API
Retrieve relevant text chunks from SharePoint, OneDrive, and Copilot connectors content for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) scenarios.
Microsoft Copilot Search API
Perform hybrid search (semantic and lexical) across OneDrive for work or school content using natural language queries. Preview API.
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Postman Collections 5
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
Open Collections 6
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Microsoft Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot APIs Change Notifications Interaction Export API
OPEN COLLECTIONMicrosoft Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot APIs
OPEN COLLECTIONAgent Skills 1
Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.
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AGENT SKILLMicrosoft Copilot API pricing
Not yet checked against Microsoft Copilot's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-05 from www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365-copilot; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Copilot Chat (Free, Web-Grounded) freemium | Free |
| Copilot Pro (Consumer) subscription | — |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot Business subscription | — |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot (Enterprise Add-On) subscription | — |
| Copilot Studio (Pay-As-You-Go Messages) usage-based | — |
| GitHub Copilot (Developer Coding) subscription | — |
| Enterprise Agreement / Volume enterprise | — |
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Rate limits
- Microsoft Graph — per-app per-tenant: 130000 requests per 10s
- Microsoft Graph — per-user: 10000 requests per 10s
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — fair-use per user: see vendor docs (soft fair-use) requests per minute
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Microsoft Copilot's documentation. All 5 limits →
Billed by: user-month · FinOps profile →
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Microsoft Copilot Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
FinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Microsoft Copilot Finops
FINOPSFeatures 8
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Retrieval API
Retrieve relevant enterprise content from Microsoft 365 using AI-powered retrieval augmented generation with permissions and sensitivity label awareness.
Search API
Perform semantic search across Microsoft 365 content including SharePoint, OneDrive, and Exchange with AI-enhanced ranking.
Chat API
Programmatically start and continue conversations with Microsoft 365 Copilot grounded in enterprise and web search data.
Interaction Export
Export and audit Copilot interaction history across the organization for compliance and governance purposes.
Change Notifications
Subscribe to real-time notifications for Copilot interactions and events across Microsoft 365.
Copilot Studio
Low-code platform for building custom agents, copilots, and conversational AI experiences.
Connectors
Bring external data into Microsoft Graph to enhance Copilot search and retrieval capabilities.
Extensibility
Extend Copilot with custom plugins, agents, and API integrations using declarative or code-first approaches.
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Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Microsoft Copilot Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 3
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Microsoft Copilot — jsonschema rules
SPECTRALMicrosoft Copilot API Rules
SPECTRALMicrosoft Copilot API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 52
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
AiInteractionAttachment
JSON SCHEMAAiInteractionCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAAiInteractionContext
JSON SCHEMAAiInteractionLink
JSON SCHEMAAiInteractionMention
JSON SCHEMAAiInteraction
JSON SCHEMAAiInteraction
JSON SCHEMAAiInteractionAttachment
JSON SCHEMAAiInteractionCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAAiInteractionContext
JSON SCHEMAAiInteractionLink
JSON SCHEMAAiInteractionMention
JSON SCHEMAChatConversationRequest
JSON SCHEMAChatConversationResponse
JSON SCHEMAChatMessageRequest
JSON SCHEMAChatMessageResponse
JSON SCHEMAChatMessage
JSON SCHEMAChatConversationRequest
JSON SCHEMAChatConversationResponse
JSON SCHEMAChatMessage
JSON SCHEMAChatMessageRequest
JSON SCHEMAChatMessageResponse
JSON SCHEMACopilotSearchDataSourcesConfiguration
JSON SCHEMACopilotSearchDataSourcesConfiguration
JSON SCHEMADataSourceConfiguration
JSON SCHEMADataSourceConfiguration
JSON SCHEMAIdentitySet
JSON SCHEMAIdentitySet
JSON SCHEMAMicrosoft 365 Copilot Interaction
JSON SCHEMAItemBody
JSON SCHEMAItemBody
JSON SCHEMAODataError
JSON SCHEMAODataError
JSON SCHEMARetrievalExtract
JSON SCHEMARetrievalHit
JSON SCHEMARetrievalRequest
JSON SCHEMARetrievalResponse
JSON SCHEMARetrievalExtract
JSON SCHEMARetrievalHit
JSON SCHEMARetrievalRequest
JSON SCHEMARetrievalResponse
JSON SCHEMASearchHit
JSON SCHEMASearchRequest
JSON SCHEMASearchResponse
JSON SCHEMASearchHit
JSON SCHEMASearchRequest
JSON SCHEMASearchResponse
JSON SCHEMASensitivityLabel
JSON SCHEMASensitivityLabel
JSON SCHEMASubscriptionRequest
JSON SCHEMASubscription
JSON SCHEMASubscriptionRequest
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JSON Structure 27
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Microsoft Copilot Ai Interaction Attachment Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Ai Interaction Context Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Ai Interaction Link Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Ai Interaction Mention Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Ai Interaction Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Chat Conversation Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Chat Conversation Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Chat Message Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Chat Message Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Chat Message Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Data Source Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Identity Set Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Item Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot O Data Error Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Retrieval Extract Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Retrieval Hit Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Retrieval Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Retrieval Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Search Hit Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Search Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Search Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Sensitivity Label Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Subscription Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMicrosoft Copilot Subscription Structure
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Examples 32
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
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Security Posture 4
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Scopes 1
OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 4
What developers build with this provider.
Enterprise Knowledge Retrieval
Build applications that retrieve relevant enterprise content from Microsoft 365 while respecting permissions and compliance controls.
AI-Assisted Productivity
Integrate Copilot capabilities into line-of-business applications for document summarization, drafting, and data analysis.
Custom Agent Development
Create domain-specific AI agents using Copilot Studio that automate workflows and answer questions from custom data sources.
Compliance and Governance
Monitor and audit Copilot usage across the organization with interaction history export and change notifications.
Integrations 4
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Microsoft 365
Deep integration with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 applications.
Microsoft Graph
Access organizational data through the Microsoft Graph API for retrieval, search, and chat capabilities.
Azure Active Directory
Enterprise authentication and authorization using Azure AD with OAuth 2.0 and OIDC.
Power Platform
Connect Copilot with Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power BI for end-to-end workflow automation.
Resources
Get Started 2
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 4
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 9
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 6
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 9
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
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Operate 5
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 4
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 3
The organization behind the API
Other 4
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Microsoft Copilot API — frequently asked questions
Does Microsoft Copilot have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from Microsoft Copilot, including Microsoft 365 Copilot Connectors API, Microsoft Copilot Studio API and Microsoft Copilot Change Notifications API, and 4 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Microsoft Copilot API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for Microsoft Copilot, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Microsoft Copilot API?
Microsoft Copilot documents its authentication (oauth2 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Microsoft Copilot Authentication.
How much does the Microsoft Copilot API cost?
APIs.io lists 7 pricing plans for Microsoft Copilot, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the Microsoft Copilot API ready for AI agents?
Microsoft Copilot has a Kin Score of 59.0 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 32.1 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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