# Autonomous (triggered) agents

Copilot Studio agents can run without a human prompt — triggered by an email arriving, a Dataverse row changing, a Teams message, or a schedule. That's the jump from chat assistant to digital coworker. Start human-in-the-loop, then remove the click once accuracy holds.

Canonical: https://robauto.ai/learn/microsoft-agents/14

_Deploy Agents on Microsoft: Copilot Studio, Fabric & Power Platform — lesson 14 of 20 (DEFINITION)_

Copilot Studio agents can run without a human prompt — triggered by an email arriving, a Dataverse row changing, a Teams message, or a schedule. That's the jump from chat assistant to digital coworker. Start human-in-the-loop, then remove the click once accuracy holds.

Source: [Microsoft Learn — Triggers for autonomous agents](https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-copilot-studio/authoring-triggers-about?utm_source=robauto)

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