# Step 8 — Power Automate does the doing

Build the flow first and test it standalone: trigger → get data → decide → write/notify. Then attach it as an agent action. Keep flows small and single-purpose; an agent orchestrating five clean flows beats one 40-step monolith nobody can debug.

Canonical: https://robauto.ai/learn/microsoft-agents/13

_Deploy Agents on Microsoft: Copilot Studio, Fabric & Power Platform — lesson 13 of 20 (PLAYBOOK)_

Build the flow first and test it standalone: trigger → get data → decide → write/notify. Then attach it as an agent action. Keep flows small and single-purpose; an agent orchestrating five clean flows beats one 40-step monolith nobody can debug.

Source: [Microsoft Learn — Power Automate cloud flows](https://learn.microsoft.com/power-automate/getting-started?utm_source=robauto)

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