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Quickstart: Create an agent from a manifest

In this quickstart, you create an agent from a pre-built manifest and test it in the playground. Agent manifests are ready-to-use configurations that combine tested prompts, tool configurations, and interaction patterns so you can skip writing instructions from scratch.

In this quickstart, you:

  • Browse the agent manifests and select a manifest
  • Create an agent from the manifest
  • Test the agent in the playground

Prerequisites

Browse the agent manifests

  1. Open the Foundry portal.

  2. Navigate to your project.

  3. Select Discover (1), then select Agents (2).

    Screenshot of the Foundry portal showing the Discover tab highlighted in the top navigation and the Agents link highlighted in the left sidebar, with the agent manifests displaying 30 available manifests.

    The page displays available agent manifests. Each card shows the agent name, publisher, and the tools the agent uses.

  4. Select the Industry News & Trend Scanner manifest.

    The manifest detail page shows what the agent does, the tools it uses, and the prompt engineering pattern it demonstrates.

    Screenshot of the Industry News and Trend Scanner manifest detail page showing the agent description, tools, and the Create agent button highlighted in the top-right corner.

Create the agent

  1. Select Create agent.

  2. In the Create an agent from manifest dialog, enter a name for your agent (1). The name must start and end with alphanumeric characters and can contain hyphens in the middle.

  3. Select Create (2).

    Screenshot of the Create an agent from manifest dialog with the agent name field highlighted and the Create button highlighted.

    The portal creates the agent and opens the agent builder playground.

Configure the tool connection

After the agent is created, the playground opens with the manifest's instructions and tools pre-configured. Before you can test the agent, you need to connect the Grounding with Bing Search tool to a Bing Search resource.

  1. Under Tools, find Grounding with Bing Search.

  2. Select a connection from the Connections dropdown.

    Screenshot of the agent builder playground showing the Grounding with Bing Search tool with the Select a connection dropdown highlighted.

Note

If you don't have a Bing Search connection, you need to create a Grounding with Bing Search resource first. For step-by-step instructions, see Manage Grounding with Bing Search connections.

Test the agent in the playground

With the tool connection configured, you can now test the agent:

  1. In the Chat panel on the right, type a prompt like Scan the AI industry for the latest news and trends.

  2. Select Send (or press Enter).

    The agent runs multiple Bing-grounded searches, deduplicates results, and returns a formatted industry briefing.

    Screenshot of the agent playground chat showing the user prompt and the beginning of the agent response with an industry briefing header, period, and top stories with source citations.

  3. Scroll down to see the full briefing. The response includes Top Stories with source citations, Trend Watch for emerging patterns across stories, and Quick Hits for notable one-line items.

    Screenshot of the bottom of the agent response showing the Trend Watch section, Quick Hits section, Bing Search grounding citations, and quality metrics showing AI Quality 100 percent and Safety 100 percent.

Tip

Start by running the agent with its default instructions before customizing. This helps you understand the agent's workflow and identify which parts to adjust for your scenario.

Clean up resources

If you no longer need the agent:

  1. Select Build > Agents to view your agents.
  2. Select the agent you created.
  3. Select More (...) > Delete.

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